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So after building my motor my self it has turned out great only 1 cel from the knock sensor that i broke. It would also buck under partial throttal but a manual advance in timing fixed that ( IM na for now) . So now that i have 250 mi on my motor i decide its time to give it more frequent beatings and my ------- headgasket starts to leaks oil!!!!!!!! theres oil going down my tranny and across my exhaust manifold to the other side of my block i have a cometic 030 mls head gasket w/arp's has anyone else had this problem if so is there a quick fix? What are you other hmters using for head gaskets? The shop pulled my dowl pins out so they could rerface could this be the reason it leaks?

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Did they put the dowel pins back in? If not, that's your problem.

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no i put them back in the only thing is i dont know if i may have put them in the wrong way eventho i thought they just slip in either way

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:1 they go in either way. you should have used a stock head gasket.

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Yea i was told that today to use a stock hg with copper spray. i toruqe my arps to 65 like it says to but the kid also told me to go around 90 What do you guys torque your arp's to

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my motor sees 10psi with arp's (i think i did +10ft'lbs over stock recommended) and a $40 fel pro mls didnt even resurface anything no leaks

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yea mine are right at stock torque b/c arp says 70lbs but then it has a caption that with aluminum motors go 65 but il will see tomarrow im going 85

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ARP reccommends those torque specs for a reason...

The only thing I might do is add The error percentage of the torque wrench to the spec just to ensure it is on the tighter side rather than the looser side, but 85lb-ft over a spec of 65lb-ft? that's a little excessive. Remeber metal expands when it gets hot.

just my $.02

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I forget what the exact numbers are, but the torque specs are slightly higher if you are using motor oil rather than the ARP supplied moly lube.

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Just double check everything that can leak oil like the distributor, vtect selnoid, cam cap. Whatever you may have. I thought my headgasket was leaking oil as well and me being a dumbass I replaced my headgasket and it still leaked, it turned out to be my distributor seal. My motor leaked the exact same way yours is.