28-09-2018, 08:42 PM
(28-09-2018, 04:17 PM)Graham Honnor Wrote: Hello All
I've been cautious not to tempt fate and reveal my results but as the original poster I thought I'd better do so now as the post has been brought back to life again.
Well, as I said at the time, I used the anti-sieze copperslip on the gasket and it certainly sealed apart from the stud bubbling so I continued to re check the torques every outing for the next few times until I couldn't get any more movement on the nut at 18 lbs.
This didn't stop the bubbling around the centre stud so I resorted to removing the nut and applying some jet-blue (a plumbers best friend) around the thread and retightened the nut.
Since then, no bubbling and a perfectly good head gasket seal so, so far, so good.
I still may try the 5990 if I do have any more issues but hopefully not for a while.
Once again, many thanks to you all for your support.
Graham.
Just a thought but if you seal the leak at the threads at the top would that mean there is still water between the length of the stud and the head? Could that cause issues later on such as having them rust together? I might be misunderstanding and the head is on mine now so I can't go look at it to see how it works.
When I did mine I used sprayable blue Hylomar on the gasket on the recommendation of my engine building place. They even offered that I could bring in the gasket and they could spray some on it for me to then fit it at home but I managed to buy some locally online, it's not available off the shelf easily I found.
Engine not running yet so no idea how well it will work. I suspect it will seal well but it seemed so sticky I am not sure what getting the head off at a later date will be like!
Simon