R_W_B
Newbie
(1988 Chevy C1500, Silverado, 5.7L - 350ci, TBI, Truck)
Novice backyard mechanic with some questions. Appreciate any input.
I pulled my heads to send off for a valve job. I notice coolant coming out of the bottom row of head bolts when I removed them. Now with the heads off I still have coolant standing in these holes. After I scraped off all the head gasket I shop vac'd all the gasket material up and in the process sucked about 1/4" of coolant out of these block holes (head bolt holes). I did not notice any rust on the bolt shanks.
Is this normal to have coolant in these bolt holes ? Seems like if it was normal the bolt shanks would have shown some rust ?
If it is normal, do I need to bust a freeze plug out to drain it down a little before I install the head and head bolts ?
Do I need to put Blue Loctite on the Head bolts when re-installing heads ?
If I put blue loctite on them will this coolant dillute it ?
Novice backyard mechanic with some questions. Appreciate any input.
I pulled my heads to send off for a valve job. I notice coolant coming out of the bottom row of head bolts when I removed them. Now with the heads off I still have coolant standing in these holes. After I scraped off all the head gasket I shop vac'd all the gasket material up and in the process sucked about 1/4" of coolant out of these block holes (head bolt holes). I did not notice any rust on the bolt shanks.
Is this normal to have coolant in these bolt holes ? Seems like if it was normal the bolt shanks would have shown some rust ?
If it is normal, do I need to bust a freeze plug out to drain it down a little before I install the head and head bolts ?
Do I need to put Blue Loctite on the Head bolts when re-installing heads ?
If I put blue loctite on them will this coolant dillute it ?