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Originally Posted by benzborg
Wondering how long you drove your car like that? Also, at 190Kkm is there any chance that simply re-torquing the head bolts would make enough of a difference? It's the worst time to have to do a head gasket for me for a few months.
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I put roughly 1000 miles on the car and I wish I hadn't. It totally fubar'ed the cooling system from head to toe. After completing the HG, it took a new radiator, expansion tank, new hoses all around, 4 flushes, and about a years worth of wiping the excess oil out of the coolant expansion tank for the system to become clean again. A real pain. Remember that it's also gumming up your heater core, etc with oil. It's probably not good for the water pump either.
It's not a matter of the head bolts being loose, it's a break in the actual head gasket material which is allowing oil into the coolant passages.
Not sure what to tell ya.
