TheRock0720
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- Jan 5, 2011
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Southern,
New Hampshire
Alright so I'm midway into taring apart the bay to get to the head and all of the timing parts glory haha and I just had a quick question about the head bolts so I can properly prepare them at work.
Now I was wondering if I should cut off 3-4 threads of the bolts for ALL four corners or just the one in the drivers side corner? This fixes the issue with the said "bolt hole bored too shallow from the factory."
Wiki-
"Up to late 1999, this engine type suffered from oil leaks between the block and cylinder head. The threads for the head bolts near the 4th cylinder were bored too shallow at the factory, preventing the head from properly sealing. The oil restrictor in the composite gasket would separate from the gasket causing a leak. Chrysler Corporation used several different designs of composite material head gasket in an attempt to solve this problem. In 1998, a thicker multi-layer steel head gasket was introduced that eliminated this oil leak. It can be identified by a small metal tab with a hole through its center sticking out between the block and head between the 2nd and 3rd cylinders."
Now I was wondering if I should cut off 3-4 threads of the bolts for ALL four corners or just the one in the drivers side corner? This fixes the issue with the said "bolt hole bored too shallow from the factory."
Wiki-
"Up to late 1999, this engine type suffered from oil leaks between the block and cylinder head. The threads for the head bolts near the 4th cylinder were bored too shallow at the factory, preventing the head from properly sealing. The oil restrictor in the composite gasket would separate from the gasket causing a leak. Chrysler Corporation used several different designs of composite material head gasket in an attempt to solve this problem. In 1998, a thicker multi-layer steel head gasket was introduced that eliminated this oil leak. It can be identified by a small metal tab with a hole through its center sticking out between the block and head between the 2nd and 3rd cylinders."
