Looks like I'm pulling heads, again!!

[swervin ervin]

Well, about 10 months ago I get a wild hair to increase my compression a tad, about half a point. I read up on different gaskets I could use. After much ado, I decided to go with some Felpro, 1094 steel shim, .015" thickness. I have aluminum heads and talked to several different people who said they would be fine. You could feel the increase in power for sure.

Anyway, for the last couple months I noticed I was having to add water every once in a while. I checked everything and couldn't find any leaks. I figured something was amiss somewhere. No water in the oil or any leaks. I sort of put it by the way side.

Yesterday, I noticed something leaking at the back of the engine. I decided to change my oil today. While under the truck, I investigated the water problem to see if I could find where it may be going. I also wanted to see what the leak was I seen. Well, right above the oil filter, on the block, it was steam cleaned, down to the metal. Looks like the head gaskets are leaking at the drivers side back corner. So much for the steel shim gaskets.

I ordered a set of Felpro 1003 composition head gaskets and a set of Felpro 1256 intake gaskets from Summit.

It sure sucks having to pull the heads again. I'm going to loose the increase in compression, but it will gain me more reliabilty. But with my mindset right now, I can't stand the thoughts of pulling the heads off. Oh well, things could have been worse I guess.