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Jun 17, 2013 | 10:41 PM

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How many hours of labor do you think the dealership would charge me just to torque down the heads and that's it?

These engines use TTY head bolts. You do not simply "torque down the heads and that's it"

This ain't no old school small block Chevy.

At a minimum, you'll need to pull the heads, clean everything up and re-install them with new head gaskets and head bolts. You *should* have the heads gone through to freshen them up.

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Jun 17, 2013 | 10:43 PM

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Well I have a book that tells me exactly how to do it so I may just do it myself like I was planning on doing

If you try to just torque down the heads, you'll snap some bolts and/or pull some threads and/or warp the heads.

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Jun 17, 2013 | 10:45 PM

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Yea I know you have to do the degrees and the correct pattern

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Jun 17, 2013 | 10:46 PM

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And I'm replacing all of the gaskets and bolts

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