BHG Prevention

mrnickleye · 06-09-2006, 10:41 PM

We have a saying....If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

If you are driving the car long distances regularly, and need to depend on it, you may want to replace the gasket at your convenience, rather than a major inconvience.

I've done a couple of hundred head gaskets over the years, and know 20+ people that do major engine work, and my feeling is......re-torques won't help.

And as suprragirl said, you'll probably cause it to leak.

These cars BHGs are 90% combustion gasses get blown into the cooling system, and then pressurize it, then it blows over into the bottle. So...you'll have plenty of warning that its started to go bad.

try not to drive to long when it does start to fail, because you can cause some pitting to the head and block surfaces from hot spots and cavitation at the bad spot, which is usually at the #6 cylinder area.

06-09-2006, 10:41 PM	#5
mrnickleye 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, Calif. Posts: 1,705	Been there, done that ! We have a saying....If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you are driving the car long distances regularly, and need to depend on it, you may want to replace the gasket at your convenience, rather than a major inconvience. I've done a couple of hundred head gaskets over the years, and know 20+ people that do major engine work, and my feeling is......re-torques won't help. And as suprragirl said, you'll probably cause it to leak. These cars BHGs are 90% combustion gasses get blown into the cooling system, and then pressurize it, then it blows over into the bottle. So...you'll have plenty of warning that its started to go bad. try not to drive to long when it does start to fail, because you can cause some pitting to the head and block surfaces from hot spots and cavitation at the bad spot, which is usually at the #6 cylinder area. __________________ Had a Red 1989 N/A. Automatic. Sports Pkg. w/wing. TEMS, and some nice MODS. Sold to a friend 10/08/08.