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Time to replace the head gasket. Had a overheating problem from a leaking head gasket, warped or cracked head for a long time now. Just parked it and started looking into having the head milled and inspected for cracks. If I am going to go through all this work the last thing I want to do is put in a cheap head gasket. Any advice on a good brand name head gasket? I never tore this deep into a engine so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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How many miles you have on the PT Cruiser?
Have you replaced your timing belt? Water pump? |
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Cam rock? It has 130k. Did the water pump and timing belt at 98k. Should I bother with new head bolts?
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No. Follow manual's suggestion- Looked for stretched bolts by using a razor blade (straight edge) against threads and looking for stretch.
Years of Neon's no one's showed an actual pic of a stretched on- Since Chrysler changed from 10mm to 11mm in 1985. They did stretch before that- you could see it w/o a straight edge!!!
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I do not believe that there are any head gaskets for a 2.4 that are better or fearful of using for a none performance built engine. IMO I would have the head first checked for surface straightness. If that is within the shops of choice allowance for surfacing than have the head pressure tested. At that point you can decide on having your head rebuilt or buy one already done? I do recommend just going for the replacing the head bolts. It is cheap insurance for piece of mind. |
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