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3.0 Head Gasket Issue Explained

Old 04-22-2007, 03:18 PM
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3.0 Head Gasket Issue Explained

Interesting; a good resource to point newbees to since they ask these questions about twice a week....

http://home.off-road.com/~kemanuel/V6-HG.htm
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Good info for newb's
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At least it was. Link no longer works. :-(
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I guess we burned they bandwidth up...
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So what did they say? Basically, it's a heat issue, right? I think that's why my new 4.0 V6 is missing the insulation at the hood.
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No, it was a description of the head issues and what years, how to address it with the dealer, etc. Nothing groundbreaking, just good info for newbs.

I personally feel it was caused more by a lot of folks replacing HG's only and not checking the block/heads for warpage. That, plus aluminum head on a steel block makes for all kinds of expansion issues.
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