Oil leak from head gasket

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           <<Deletia of advice to change head bolts>>

 PP> (around a pound each) without lifting the head.  Tighten  crosswise
 PP> from the middle to 40Nm, then 60Nm, then 180 degrees.  Fit a rubber 
 PP> cam cover seal (from AM Cars?) when you replace the cam cover.  
 PP> The main danger, BTW, is the head warping.  Fix it.

     I don't know about head warping, at least on the
     5KS's.  The head gasket has been seeping on my
     '84 5KS for years, has over 170K miles and has
     never been apart.  I've seen this leak on many
     a normally aspirated 5 cylinder Audi, some
     with un-rebuilt 200-300K mile engines. I tend
     to believe this is just another "normal" condition
     for high mileage 5 jug engines.

     BCNU,



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