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If your "little leak at the tranny/exhaust end" is just a bit of oil seepage at the lower corner where the head meets the block, I wouldn't worry too much about it - it seem that most 9000s (my '94 included) do that after a certain age. When I posted a question about retorquing the cylinder head bolts to cure this some time ago, I was discouraged by the responses, which basically said to leave the gasket alone, changing the stress on it might be detrimental. The seepage is minimal, just enough to keep the small protrusion on the block a bit oily, but it's not dripping. I just left it alone.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Some questions before starting the head gasket..., Patrick in Abq, Thu, 3 Jun 2004 22:41:53
- Thanks all!! (nm), Patrick in Abq, Sat, 5 Jun 2004 20:41:58
- Re: Some questions before starting the head gasket..., Yaofeng, Sat, 5 Jun 2004 04:09:30
- Re: Some questions before starting the head gasket..., TimC , Fri, 4 Jun 2004 22:08:35
- Re: Some questions before starting the head gasket..., Bill Homer , Fri, 4 Jun 2004 09:07:17 <-- Viewing This Message
- Head re-surfacing...>, PGAero , Fri, 4 Jun 2004 09:03:32
- Re: Some questions before starting the head gasket..., David, Fri, 4 Jun 2004 07:06:49
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