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where to find a headgasket kit ?
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:55 pmby BCDieselD50
85 d50 4d55t........ went to top off the coolant few days ago, only to find oil in the system...... any one know who would sell a kit ? Are there any other posible faults that could cause this other then the head gasket or somthing being cracked? i just find it odd cause iv never overheated the motor...... i was on a power stroke website and some ppl mentioned somthing about the oil cooler causing similar symptoms to a blown head gasket... i dunno im lost and kinda pissed.. thanks in advance for any insight guys....
-Matt
Re: where to find a headgasket kit ?
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:36 amby wrngwae
yep, advance auto still has these on line!!!!! trust me i know i have head my head off atleast a dozen times maybe even a bakers dozen????? lol i think i can do it in my sleep just make sure your tourqing the head in the right order and the in a 2 step process. but i would say the gasket is bad how many miles on that gasket????????????
Re: where to find a headgasket kit ?
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:20 pmby BCDieselD50
209***kms , it just bothers me, it came outa nowhere............. are there anyother possiblities for oil in the cooling system? maybe a internal frost plug ? usualy i just swap motors when shit like this happens but being how hard these things are to find i wanna just fix it........... Maxd50 whats the shipping for the kit ? id even give ya a few bucks extra if ya could help me out.. thanx
Re: where to find a headgasket kit ?
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Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:21 amby wrngwae
short of the big 2 problems,,,,cracked block or head,,,, the head gasket is the cheapest and less times taking approach to this repair..... you could just pull the head and have it inspected by a good machine shop and slap a gasket on it and see........i hope it is the gasket for your sake.......heads and blocks are like needled in a hay stack....
Re: where to find a headgasket kit ?
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Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:34 pmby BCDieselD50
iv been reading around and have heard of getting symtoms of a blown head gasket, from somthing that has to do with the oil cooler? cracked lines of some shit, doesent really make sense to me but could it be a possiblity ?
Re: where to find a headgasket kit ?
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Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:09 amby wrngwae
nothing i have ever heard,,,,, the oil cooler lines are fed off the oil filter housing. and there is no coolant lines that are near there. this is new to me??????
Re: where to find a headgasket kit ?
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Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:48 amby BCDieselD50
it was on the powerstroke forum completly different setup but i figured its worth checking out before i tear into the head.
Re: where to find a headgasket kit ?
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:07 pmby wrngwae
when you tear into that head just remember the 2 stage torque step and the right order of bolts to tighten,,,,,,,,,,,trust me on this.