Emergency repair. It may or may not do the trick. Point is: it has
overheated, which is always suspect and often bad news.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Rich C wrote:
> And what about the cure that Norman Nock outlined in his book, using
> the Permatex 300 on the joint surface, torque to spec and then to
> quote his text, "leave it alone".
>
> Rich
>
>> If the car has overheated you have a big chance that you have to
>> shave the head again. Also check for cracks, as I think these heads
>> are prone to cracks. Always fit a cilinder head dry on these cast
>> iron lumps.
>> Only in some applications in mainly alloy block engines with separate
>> steel liners some sealant is used between the outer edge of the
>> block/gasket/head.
>> Kees Oudesluijs
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