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Ledgic
05-03-2004, 02:50 PM
95 sohc neon with alot of km's on it so I can understand the hg blowing once....maybe even twice but freakin 3 times?!?!

its freakin auto and I dont drive it hard, I saw on the speed channel some liquid crap u can use to "repair and seal" head gaskets...sounds like bs to me though

209 neon
05-03-2004, 03:50 PM
depends were its leaking from and that liquid additive crap isnt going to help a neon head gasket problem. more than likely who ever did your head gasket the first couple of times didnt do it right. try taking off the head send it to the machine shop get it resurfaced clean the block off with emmery cloth get the new and improved mopar head gasket that is metal material, if you want spray gasket sealant from mopar too put the head back on torque the head bolts and the rest of them and put every thing back together and your done, no leaks! :iceslolan

Laveryt
05-05-2004, 11:08 PM
I Did my own head gasket on my car. When I got the gasket from the dealership, the service guy told me to check the very back Head bolt hole in the Block by #4 Cylinder ( The bolt hole closest to the driver ) There was a manufacturing goof where the threads in some 95 blocks weren't tapped as deep as they needed to be. This would cause the Head Bolt to stop and torque before it was actually tightened down correctly. I ran the head bolts into the holes with the head off and sure enough that bolt hole was shallow by nearly 3/8 inch. The service guy told me to carfully grind off about a 1/4" of the Head Bolt for there, Keeping the bolt cool by grinding a little and cooling in water. This was to help keep the bolt from getting to hot and tempering it soft.

All I can say is it worked 224K miles total. And I didn't resurface the head or the block. just had it checked for warpage.

bumpinneon
05-06-2004, 12:56 AM
my 95 SOHC has 146,000 so im waiting on my head gasket to go anytime but hopefully it was replaced by the guy that had it before me he did take pretty good care of it

seniorbigs
05-28-2004, 08:32 PM
I've done a bunch of Neon headgaket replacement. Next time the head comes off, check for coolant pitting on the head, check for stretched head bolts. The head bolts are turned another 1/4 turn after final torque is reached.

rcs426
06-03-2004, 11:54 PM
replace the head bolts too

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