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Well it is a head gasket. So I have to get around to doing those asap. I was looking up some part #'s and such, and my question is now, should i change the head bolts as well when i change the head gaskets? A couple places recommended it, but I am not sure if it is absolutely neccesary

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Yes, absolutely put new ARP head bolts in it.

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Is there anything else recommended that I change whilst the heads are off? I know i have to get all new gaskets for everything, just wasn't sure if i should replace or check anything else? The motor has a little over 82k on it. I was also wondering if it is absolutely necessary to remove the pushrods before remove the heads? I have a couple mustang books, and only one of them refers to removing the pushrods prior to removing the heads? Thanks alot everyone

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Yes, you have to (should any way) remove the pushrods.

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ok, well i finally got a little more time to work on the car today. I have the passenger side head pulled off, and i noticed that on both heads, that the very first intake ports are a rust color. I am not sure exactly what this means, so i am not sure if i should be worried about anything? I was also wondering what i can do to clean up my heads? The outside of the heads have a crapload of buildup. I was also wondering if there was anything I should do to cleanup the insides of the heads and such? thanks alot everyone.

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any ideas about the color intake ports?

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a leaky intake will do that. will also let coolant into the valley where it mixes with oil.
then things run hot. then other gaskets fail. i found out the expensive way. checked your oil? the color of my oil wasnt so different. 6 + quarts were. thats what set me lookn at the gaskets like they was gonna tell the future.

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hmm..wondering if it was maybe just an intake gasket leak then....both heads had 2 miscolored intake ports...Oh well, the heads are off, so it's time for some new gaskets