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With the two Rol head gaskets in place we lowered the two heads onto the block dowels and tightened them down to 85 lbs.-ft. torque. The upper (long) bolts do not protrude into the water jackets on the block but the lower (short) bolts do hit water. For this reason you will need to use a sealer on the threads to prevent them from eventually leaking. We used a slight amount of black RTV on ours.
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 With the two Rol head gaskets in place we lowered the two heads onto the block dowels and tightened them down to 85 lbs.-ft. torque. The upper (long) bolts do not protrude into the water jackets on the block but the lower (short) bolts do hit water. For this reason you will need to use a sealer on the threads to prevent them from eventually leaking. We used a slight amount of black RTV on ours.  View Related Article

 

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