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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 09:04 AM
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pull the heads, replace with a good mls gasket, arp head studs... turn down boost and timing advance, turn up octane and fuel pressure
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 11:46 AM
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Iam running only 5 lbs.

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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 12:19 PM
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If there is a head gasket thing should I start it to see if it will smoke more or would that kill my motor if there is coolant in the engine?
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 01:49 PM
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if it smokes white at all or smells sweet at all its gotta be a h/g.. or worse..

kill the motor or not you want to get it fixed asap because you have a lot of money invested in it to run properly is imperative.

did you look in yoru radiator to see if you are using up coolant?

check under the water pump just in case it may be leaking out of the weep hole or from the gaskets
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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did all of that already it looks fine, should I start it and look for any signs? where else can it leak from inside the engine?
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 11:26 PM
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so turns out that i do have a head gasket leak, tomorrow I am going to get that fluid that you put in the radiator to see that I do have exhaust in it. There is no pcv valve set up at all, the shop that did my heads will have to be fully responsible for the reapair, I a just saw that they reused my stock head bolts. Iam sueing!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 11:31 PM
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wow reusing stock bolts is defin. no no ...ide have them take care of everything or threathen small claims court
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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 12:01 AM
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Yeah I saw this coming too... but Its the second shop I ve tried with no luck.
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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 04:59 AM
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Wow that sucks. I hope everything works out for ya.
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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 03:58 PM
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Man what the hell is wrong with shops these days, **** businesses in general
I hope you get it fixed right, worry about the engine now and get back to the oil issue once the car is all buttoned up again.
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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 04:08 PM
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you figure with so many shitty shops, on e would step up and corner the market. In California anyway. But theres no oil in the oil pan so hopefully is not that bad, but the reason for that is that those idiots never hooked up the pcv valve at all. they say they would fix it... but thats no reasurance. I ll have to re-do the turbo seals.
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id suggest if your in lower cali to go to A & A corvettes. from what i hear they are a stand up company.
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