[Healeys] 100-4 "M" head gasket leak

[Oudesluys]

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