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Stretchy Head Bolts? 1 Saabers Like This Post!
Posted by Bill Homer [Email] (#3427) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Bill Homer) on Wed, 2 Oct 2019 12:32:21
In Reply to: Possible head gasket issue, Rob Randall, Tue, 1 Oct 2019 14:22:47 Members see ZERO ads on the bulletin boards and get more feature. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
A known malady of 1997+ cars is the use of stretchy head bolts. I would check the top of your head bolts to see if they are the "bad" ones (grey with a washer - may need to pull one out for verification), then perhaps replacing with new head bolts before doing a head gasket. See one of my previous posts on this at the link. The illustration is from Anders ("Swededcar"), so should be taken seriously.
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