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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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I recently had a coolent leak at the oil dip stick at least thats where ir showed up it appeared to becoming from between head and block so I pulled tje head and found nothing to suggest any reason for leak to head to get cked it was flat no crack in block the guy who does heads says it must have come up from the head bolt that was near the oil dip stick he asked me what kind of thread sealer i used and it was arp thread sealer he said not to use it but use black silicone any thoughts out there
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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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I haven't had any coolant leak up through my arp sealed bolts yet. I've used silicone too in the past.
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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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Silicone, (RTV) will work. I use pipe thread sealer. Stays flexible and is not such a bear to get off the bolts and out of the holes next time.
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thanks for input has anyone had this problem before
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