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Old 04-20-09, 08:20 AM
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Re: Root Cause of Head gasket Failure and a Fix?

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Originally Posted by bacardi View Post
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?
That is how I see it if you have a deteriorated block. That is why the bolts pull free