bewarethewoodsatnite
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- Jun 14, 2015
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utica,
New_York
Im new here my username is based on a song, I read many posts about the 420a head gasket but have one different question, have had two 1999 elipse gs's the last one I got into a severe wreck with, both leaked oil out the head gasket but my new one also burns oil at idle only after its warmed up. I am wondering what if I pulled the last head bolt out and shortened it and put it back in do I stand a chance of stopping the internal and external leak? I hear you can not remove the bolt without removing the cams, but what if I only loosen the bolt and put a shim under it? Any help is very much appreciated I have done timing belts and head gaskets twice on one of these and am not ready for that right now, has anyone ever tried doing this as an effort to stop the leak? Please forgive my terrible grammar I am not used to forum's I have been reading here since 02 and today I finally stopped being extremely lazy and registered! Awesome site!
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