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Old 05-26-2012, 11:06 PM
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So went to help a buddy swap his headers and coolant started to **** out the exhaust stud holes, heads are l92 that just had a valve job done....any ideas?
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Old 05-26-2012, 11:12 PM
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Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61hov...e_gdata_player


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was that before you put a bolt into the hole ?

would say u need a new head
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Originally Posted by Jablowme
was that before you put a bolt into the hole ?

would say u need a new head
Pulled the bolt seen some coolant leak out, pressurized the coolant system to make the video, and it's doing this on both heads
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where the heads checked before doing the valve job?
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where the heads checked before doing the valve job?
Yes they were, just had them pretty much cleaned up.... They were working fine with nothing like this happening last year in a turbo tbss
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At this point why not try using thread sealer on the bolts and see if it works. Maybe liquid teflon like what g.m. sells in tube. What do you have to loose?
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