evilunclegrimace
Does not always play well with others
This is a first. In 47 years I have NEVER broken a head bolt off in an engine block. ( and I still have not)
This started as a blown head gasket on the drivers side between cylinders 3 & 5, not a big deal for a truck that has 276,000+ miles on it. Pulled the drivers side head and cleaned everything in order to replace the head gasket. While I had it apart I decided to clean the combustion chambers and found a crack in the head that runs into the exhaust seat. Again not a big deal, I have spare heads in the shop. Installed a replacement head and decided to do a little preventative maintenance. This is where things really go south.
I figured that if the drivers side gasket failed it would be a good idea to change the Passenger side gasket while it was this far apart. It was a good call and at the same time it was not, I pulled all of the head bolts and the last one spun with very little effort and this is what I found.
This started as a blown head gasket on the drivers side between cylinders 3 & 5, not a big deal for a truck that has 276,000+ miles on it. Pulled the drivers side head and cleaned everything in order to replace the head gasket. While I had it apart I decided to clean the combustion chambers and found a crack in the head that runs into the exhaust seat. Again not a big deal, I have spare heads in the shop. Installed a replacement head and decided to do a little preventative maintenance. This is where things really go south.
I figured that if the drivers side gasket failed it would be a good idea to change the Passenger side gasket while it was this far apart. It was a good call and at the same time it was not, I pulled all of the head bolts and the last one spun with very little effort and this is what I found.
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