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: head gasket


heavychevy93
12-04-2008, 11:25 PM
well i blew a head gasket this no 3 in 4 years .... and new heads last time ..... lest than 5000 miles


-sam

DieselSlug
12-05-2008, 12:30 AM
how do you manage that?......

bk95td
12-05-2008, 12:46 AM
Did you reuse the head bolts? was the block checked for flat? What brand gaskets? What proceedure did you use to torque the bolts?

heavychevy93
12-05-2008, 07:53 PM
new heads, new bolts new gaskets
dhp heads , fp diesel bolts, clevite gasket

the block could be warped but ive hade horible luck with radiators so it could have got lil to hot


-sam

heavychevy93
12-05-2008, 07:54 PM
oh and it was torked to the gm specs


-sam

jbsaxman
12-05-2008, 09:07 PM
Might be worth it to take the block and heads into a shop to have them checked out.

bk95td
12-06-2008, 02:21 AM
Most people on this site recomend fel-pro or cometic head gaskets. Are the heads chineese knock-offs? Without getting the deck on the block checked for flat you could be wasting your time and money. Looks like you gambled and lost.