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Old 04-14-08, 02:33 PM
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Re: Root Cause of Head gasket Failure and a Fix?

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Originally Posted by AJxtcman View Post

The thread pitch is 2.0
So I counted the thread and you will sill have some of the blue stuff. T would think putting blue loctite on the bolt would work. Not really sure I have never done this. THESE BOLTS ARE VERY STRECHY! When torquing you turn them 60° and the turn back about 5° It was a little tricky
So when the headgaskets are done on pre 2004 are they retapped for these bolts ? If not could that be done ?