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    Quote Originally Posted by Arm&hammer View Post
    well finally after a long time of sitting i finished my gsr swap, we checked and checked and checked every single screw, hose , and wire on it and nothing is loose the head is torqued to factory specs every thing is perfect and i turned it on and i didnt have any coolant so i let it run for not even a minute and it started leaking oil under the dizzy and i mean it was just flowing. we checked all the seal around there and everything is fine. i have come to the conclusion that the head gasket is leakin oil and it is really bad it has dial pins but still leaks i dont know what is wrong with it i need some help please....



    i also heard that if i take a triple layer gasket apart and use the middle one as a single layer its gonna be ok, is that true????


    seems like you got the headgasket on upside down. upside down head gasket will pour about 2 quarts of oil out on the dizzy side of the motor in about 2 two seconds. take the head off and post pics of the gasket.

    as far as tearing apart an oem gasket and use the middle peice is flat out stupid. i would not suggest that at all. its 3 layer for a reason. also i though that will raise comp..



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    Quote Originally Posted by HatchHero View Post
    seems like you got the headgasket on upside down. upside down head gasket will pour about 2 quarts of oil out on the dizzy side of the motor in about 2 two seconds. take the head off and post pics of the gasket.

    as far as tearing apart an oem gasket and use the middle peice is flat out stupid. i would not suggest that at all. its 3 layer for a reason. also i though that will raise comp..
    they say its easy to get them upside down but if you have half a brain you wont have a problem, do you see a tab on the left side next to the header? should be a small tab sticking out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by greasemunkey View Post
    they say its easy to get them upside down but if you have half a brain you wont have a problem, do you see a tab on the left side next to the header? should be a small tab sticking out.


    man any one can get mixed up and put it on backwards lol i didnt even check for the headgasket being backwards today im going to mess around with it and fix it and ill tell yall what the problem is

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    Quote Originally Posted by HatchHero View Post
    seems like you got the headgasket on upside down. upside down head gasket will pour about 2 quarts of oil out on the dizzy side of the motor in about 2 two seconds. take the head off and post pics of the gasket.

    as far as tearing apart an oem gasket and use the middle peice is flat out stupid. i would not suggest that at all. its 3 layer for a reason. also i though that will raise comp..
    my friend did that last year and her car still runs good but im jus gonna buy a 1 layer im not sure about me taking apart a brand new head gasket

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