[TR] Weeping head bolts

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[TR] Weeping head bolts

Subject:	[TR] Weeping head bolts
From:	TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall)
Date:	Sun, 4 Dec 2011 09:09:56 -0800
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> Anybody seen this before? Will it stop?

It's happened to me, and stopped after the first outing.  My theory is that
I spilled some coolant down in the space around the stud, and it got forced
out when the engine got hot.  But possibly the gasket really was weeping a
bit, and the stop-leak additive in the coolant stopped it.

-- Randall

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