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Old 04-19-09, 09:21 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 first repair TimeSert inserts are a band aid repair that seems to fail at a high rate.

Because of expansion of aluminum hardened ARP studs with TimeSert inserts would cause them to pull out very fast.
Just trying to understand...Even if I'm lucky enough to successively remove every head bolt, replace the gasket and install new bolts there's a high rate of failure? Only norms kit or 97's stud kit will permanently (relative term) fix the problem? Am I correct?