Head Stud Seepage
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Head Stud Seepage-UPDATED I recently installed a set of new heads (Dart 225's) and ARP studs with felpro 1041 head gaskets. I've been smelling coolant for a couple of weeks now. I got a mirror tonight and found the center lower head stud leaking a small amount, just seeping, from under the washer. I checked the pass side and found a very small amount comming from that center lower stud as well. When I changed the heads, I took great care to clean any coolant from the bolt holes. I have an air compressor so I blew them out, filled holes with brake cleaner and blew them out 3 more times. No doubt at all they were clean. Anyhow, I'm wondering if anyone else has seen just the center two leak at the bolts/studs before. Seems more than just coincidental to me.
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Originally Posted by vettenuts
What did you torque to? Can you get a socket on them and verify them as still tight?
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Originally Posted by Whistler
How tight did you tighten the studs into the block before dropping on the heads?
Just curious, you didn't use the older gasket design did you? Skoggin-Dickey has a write-up with photo's on the gaskets in their catalog, I scanned it in hoping it might help.
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I called felpro's tech line today and told them about my seepage. BTW the GM seal tabs didnt work. The guy asked me how many times I torqued them and I told him once to 75ft lbs. Well, apparently felpro 1041 gaskets need torqued THREE times per my conversation with felpro tech support. Live and learn I guess. I thought these were the standard felpro blue gaskets, my bad. If anyone else uses these maybe you could post any instructions you get with your gaskets. I COULD EASILY BE WRONG, but i dont recall seeing any instructions in the vacuum packaging or printed on the outside.
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Start from scratch, I ordered new copper gaskets instead of the felpro's from Summit tonight. Learning from my mistake, I called the mfg first to check on their rec. torque procedure. I only have to re-torque once with these after one heat cycle. Much less work than 3 times and the gaskets arent any more expensive.
