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HELP! Rebuilt motor and head leaks oil

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Old Mar 6, 2002 | 08:23 PM
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Default HELP! Rebuilt motor and head leaks oil

After some fun with a turbo and my f22 motor blew, i had to rebuild my motor... after reassembling the motor with no turbo there is a leak out of rear pasanger side where the head and block seal together, i used all stock parts for rebuld but did not replace the head bolts what should i do to seal this better... if i take the head off again and retorque do i have to replace the head gasket again and the head bolts please help... thanks
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Old Mar 6, 2002 | 08:39 PM
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you didnt replace the head gasket?
replace that then start from there
if you DID replace it
your gonna need to torque it down in correct order.
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Old Mar 6, 2002 | 09:43 PM
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i did replace the head gasket and torqued all bolts with factory tightening sequence and torque specs
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 04:47 AM
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Default Re: HELP! Rebuilt motor and head leaks oil (cl4show)

Sound like the "Bolts" might be the culprit.
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 06:40 AM
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are you using ARP bolts or stock ones still?
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 09:50 AM
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i used the stock ones...
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 01:39 PM
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i would retorque them down
sounds like ones isns tight all the way. or the HG is bad.
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 11:31 PM
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or worse.. your head or block might be warped.
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