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Old 02-28-2002, 01:23 AM   #13
WADS56
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Originally posted by 5ohCOUPE
Ive only seen this once, but my friend tightened his intake so much that it pulled the heads up a little and his head gaskets started to leak. Like i said This is very unlikely because you really gotta crank down on the intake to do that !!!!!!!!! I still cant believe that he did that but it actually happend.
I believe it because it happened to me. I blew 3 sets of head gaskets in one month and was about to torch my car when I herd of this problem. The last time i put it together I only torqued the intake down to 6ftlbs. Now it works great.
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