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Re: Head gasket and other surprises
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Posted by Owen Aaland on March 25, 2007 at 10:07:49 from (65.174.247.66):
In Reply to: Head gasket and other surprises posted by Roger Mills on March 25, 2007 at 08:24:50:
I think that you will find that the meaning of "Sealer/retorque required" is that there is a heat sensitive sealant already on the gasket, so when the engine is first warmed up, this melts to seal on the head and block. After the sealant has melted the head needs to be retorqued. This is very common on the metal sandwich type gaskets. If there is a coating on the gasket that looks like a coat of varnish, that is the sealant. This designed to seal an a clean metal surface. The addition of any other sealant will defeat its purpose.
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