Head Gasket on 5KS.

["Cobram ." <cobram@juno.com>]

This discussion hit the list a few years ago, but I'd like to revisit it
because I think I'm going to bite the bullet and just do it.  Engine runs
beautifully at 189,000+ CITY miles but the oil leaks from the valve cover
are getting a bit much.  One corner is leaking and coating the
alternator, the other two spots are on the left side, little more than a
nucense.  Is it viable to try and tighten the head bolts? I'm kinda
thinking not, as the genie is already out of the bottle.  Since I
recently did the timing belt, I'm going to change the following:

Head Bolts, gaskets, manifold studs/bolts, lifters, fuelish injector
seals and ???.  I would appreciate any additional items I should change
or at least have on hand.  First time anything except fuel, air and oil
are going into this engine since Hans was in there at Inglostadt in 1984.
 

BCNU,

Cobram@Juno.Com
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