Head Gasket DIY Question

rinso · 10-07-2007, 04:29 AM

I don't have a blown head gasket but I want to put a metal gasket in there and a shiny set of ARP studs instead of waiting for it to happen and cleaning up the mess it would make. I don't know much about mechanical stuff and that's part of the reason why I wanted to do this myself. One thing I havn't seen in all the head gasket threads is the engine timing. When you take off the head and crank all the pistons around to clean them is there a chance you'll mess up the engine timing? If so how do you prevent that little problem?

10-07-2007, 04:29 AM	#1
rinso Stock Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 16	Head Gasket DIY Question I don't have a blown head gasket but I want to put a metal gasket in there and a shiny set of ARP studs instead of waiting for it to happen and cleaning up the mess it would make. I don't know much about mechanical stuff and that's part of the reason why I wanted to do this myself. One thing I havn't seen in all the head gasket threads is the engine timing. When you take off the head and crank all the pistons around to clean them is there a chance you'll mess up the engine timing? If so how do you prevent that little problem?