middle of head gasket repair, have questions

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06-01-2010, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by lipadj46

Extra parts are mainly if you were rebuilding the heads. Yes use loctite except on the head bolts, those get oil. I ran the truck for a couple days with the fresh conventional oil and a fram then dumped it and put in good synthetic oil and a good oil filter.

Not wanting to be critical but just to mention, the use of oil on the head bolts is limited only a very light film on the threads, don't dunk them in oil and then torque them or you will not get the proper torque settings and the heads can leak.

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