by Ramit » Tue May 04, 2010 5:57 pm
Had the same problem on my 83, but after replacing the head and head gasket,no more oil leak.Mine also has the 2.0 (G63B).Have always been told to replace the head bolts, and always have. Till now. The head shop that sold me the head,who is a very reputable shop here in Nashville,looked up in some cylinder head book that lists all of the torque specs for all of the different year cars and trucks(big book), and it stated that head bolt replacement was not necessary.I called him after searching everywhere for new bolts and could not find them anywhere.Just cleaned up all of the old bolts really good, as well as run a tap down through all of the bolt holes to be sure they are good and clean.My truck has been back on the road about 6-8 weeks and is running like a top and couldn't be happier.
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