Blown head gasket?
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From: Liberty Lake, WA
Just to close out the saga...sort of... I did finally get a reply from ARP this evening.
"After the fasteners are installed we recommend that you let the engine
get up to operating temperature and then shut it down and do a cold
retorque. If the car is already up and running and you have not done
the cold retorque and you aren't having any problems you should be good
to go."
I'm not crazy about the "should be" part of that advice, but I've been to not quite 30 psi a couple of times this week and frankly the truck is running better than it ever has, so I'm definitely going to leave it be.
"After the fasteners are installed we recommend that you let the engine
get up to operating temperature and then shut it down and do a cold
retorque. If the car is already up and running and you have not done
the cold retorque and you aren't having any problems you should be good
to go."
I'm not crazy about the "should be" part of that advice, but I've been to not quite 30 psi a couple of times this week and frankly the truck is running better than it ever has, so I'm definitely going to leave it be.
Good info Cookie.. I think you will be fine now too.
, but "if it ain't broke don't fix it".
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they make a tool cald a block tester to test if theres a blown head gasket,,, its a glass tube with a large nipple on it and it goes it place of your radiator cap any how you put this blue liquid in it and run the truck and air bubes threw it and it will change colors if it is blown,,,this is a lot more acurate than the ph.. paper that you can also try
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