Head Gasket... main cause?

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Tech&Tool Contact options for registered users 's Avatar posted on
October 31, 2005, 2:01 am
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Overheating it could very well have done it.  Pointers?  Lots.  Be meticulous in
cleaning all mating surfaces.  Clean off all the bolts.  Clean out all the bolt
holes and run a tap down into them.  Use a good brand of torque wrench.  Bag and
label all the bolts so you know where they go.  take polaroid pictures of stuff
so you know where they go back.  Especially the backets on the front of the
engine.  Label all the connectors, chevy likes to use common connectors for
different sensors.  And tha's just a start.


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October 31, 2005, 3:08 am
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Re: Head Gasket... main cause?

Tagging and labeling bolts is A way of noting where they go but another way
is to take a piece of card board and poke them through in the order of
where they came from incase you have one strip the threads ect..It also is
a good indext to help speed up the process of reassembly,when un simmilar
sizes of bolts (length) are involved.But in all cases clean them it just
makes the assembly prosses easier and will give you more accuate tork
readings.


 

TheSnoMan Contact options for registered users 's Avatar posted on
October 31, 2005, 6:19 am
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Tech&Tool wrote:

in cleaning all mating surfaces.  Clean off all the bolts.  Clean out all the
bolt holes and run a tap down into them.  Use a good brand of torque wrench.
Bag and label all the bolts so you know where they go.  take polaroid pictures
of stuff so you know where they go back.  Especially the backets on the front of
the engine.  Label all the connectors, chevy likes to use common connectors for
different sensors.  And tha's just a start.


Make sure you have the head checked for flatness and have it milled in
need be. Never reinstall a head on a engine that had a blown head gasket
without checking head for been warped because it is this warpage that
usually causes the gasket to fail.

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GC Contact options for registered users 's Avatar posted on
October 31, 2005, 8:53 pm
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Re: Head Gasket... main cause?

Can't thank you all enough for the help... really appreciate it!
Never had a HG go bad, so this will be a new experience... but lookin'
forward to it. Ain't gonna give up my old Chevy, especially with the way
things are goin' now.

Thanks, GC


 

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