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Old May 26th, 2007, 10:44 PM   #1
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head studs driping coolant

got the car all together.well 3 of the lower head studs.2 on 1 side and 1 on the other are dripping. we used the arp sealer on them.my question is can i just take off the nut on the stud unscrew thehead stud and reseal them 1 at a time?


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Old May 26th, 2007, 11:30 PM   #2
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you could have over torqued the head and broke the gasket
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Old May 26th, 2007, 11:35 PM   #3
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hi,,

the heads were torqued down to the specs from dss racing and trickflow..

70 #'s on the bottoms and 80#'s on the tops,i used the arp sealer and from what i've read its not uncommon for the lowers to seap a lil coolant,,wht would you recommond for sealer?
 
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maybe a bad gasket
 
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head gaskets are new ,,motor was just put together,,
 
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you could take all the studs out and re-seal them....if that still doesnt work i would get a new gasket
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Old May 26th, 2007, 11:54 PM   #7
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i'm gonna reseal the ones that are leaking,,wht would u recommond for sealer,other than the arp sealer..
 
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