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2005-11-24 Thread rmpvsp
: [Chevelle-list] Advice - Off Subject You might take it somewhere and have them check it with dye and a black light. Gene - Original Message - From: Larry Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List Chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:35 AM Subject

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2005-11-24 Thread Larry Williams
: Gene Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Nov 23, 2005 2:38 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Chevelle-list@chevelles.net Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Advice - Off Subject You might take it somewhere and have them check it with dye and a black light. Gene - Original Message - From: Larry

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2005-11-24 Thread John Nasta
Sounds like your mechanic likes the band-aid approach. What is retorquing the heads supposed to do? Does it mean that he checked the torque or that he loosened all the bolts and retightened them? Unfortunately neither of these would fix a blown head gasket anyway, and putting in an additive is not

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2005-11-23 Thread Larry Williams
Thanks for the advice. No additive for the engine. I didn't take it too the dealer YET. But probably will eventually. Larry Williams 65 SS 427 mike f wrote: What does the Acura Dealer say? --- Larry Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a 2001 Acura GSR rebuilt recently at a

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2005-11-23 Thread Gene Smith
You might take it somewhere and have them check it with dye and a black light. Gene - Original Message - From: Larry Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List Chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Advice - Off

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2005-11-22 Thread Larry Williams
I had a 2001 Acura GSR rebuilt recently at a small shop. The engine has a persistent oil leak. Somewhere in the head area - either the cam seals or head gasket. The seals have been replaced 2X, oil pressure sender replaced, and the head gasket re-torqued, and it still leaks one or two

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2005-11-22 Thread mike f
What does the Acura Dealer say? --- Larry Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a 2001 Acura GSR rebuilt recently at a small shop. The engine has a persistent oil leak. Somewhere in the head area - either the cam seals or head gasket. The seals have been replaced 2X, oil pressure

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2005-11-22 Thread Craig Ellis
: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:19 AM Subject: [Chevelle-list] Advice - Off Subject I had a 2001 Acura GSR rebuilt recently at a small shop. The engine has a persistent oil leak. Somewhere in the head area - either the cam seals or head gasket. The seals have been replaced 2X, oil pressure sender

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2005-11-22 Thread KW
! Keith - Original Message - From: Larry Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chevelle List Chevelle-list@chevelles.net Cc: David Hillberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:19 AM Subject: [Chevelle-list] Advice - Off Subject I had a 2001 Acura GSR rebuilt recently at a small

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2005-11-22 Thread Ron Malespin
AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Advice - Off Subject No way.Either it will soften the seals or gum up your oil passages.I think that if he works on it again, I would make him show me what he was doing to fix it - then I would change oil immediately and find some place to test