Yo Sem, what did i hear?
 

Yo Sem, heard you already blew your engine??


Pieter

Re:Yo Sem, what did i hear?
 

hahahahaha ;D
Engine is allright.
Blew my Head Gasket.
Have to rip it apart, but it ahs been raining all day and I'm tired.
I was just going to build a custom 2.5 inch exhaust system, cause my 1.5 inch exhaust kills the turbo...and my flange is leaking...turbo begins to build boost at 3200 rpm and dies at 6500 rpm's.

Re:Yo Sem, what did i hear?
 

Been there done that 3x's on my 1st gen ZC.
ONLY USE OEM HEAD GASKETS!
Felpro's are ----.

I kept on blowing them so I blew one and ended up torqueing the head bolts down to 70ft/lbs instead of the 48??? It sealed it pretty tight. I would ahve to fill it up every 2 months.

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70?? thanks man.
I torqued mine at 58-60, Cause I 48 seemed pretty low.
That's what I get for boosting 12 psi.
I knew sumtin' wasn't ok.
There was a lot of pressure in my radiator hoses.

Re:Yo Sem, what did i hear?
 

Yo Semnos!

I have the high pressure radiator hose situation on my B18B right now. It's from a combination of not retorquing my ARP headstuds and the head being milled twice without the dowel pins being shortened.

If you still have it apart, make sure this isn't a borderline headgasket sealing problem due to the head having been milled at some point + the dowel pins weren't shortened.

Re:Yo Sem, what did i hear?
 

Thanks I'll look into that to

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OMG. Don't tell me that. I didn't event hink of that. OMG. That thought never crossed my mind. I hope everything is good. :-\ What an idiot I am sometimes! >:(
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Re:Yo Sem, what did i hear?
 

I have the ARP Head stud kit and IIRC it says to torque them down to around 80ft/lbs.
Try to clean as much ---- out from the Head bolts threads as possible.

Good luck.

Re:Yo Sem, what did i hear?
 

OK will do thanx.
Haven't gotten around on removing the head yet.
I had things to do with my gf.
Hopefully I'll get it off today

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:-X