Bit late now as the vid is 11 years old but you are using 14 bolt heads, you should omit the lower outer bolts because they put an uneven load on the head gasket which causes it to blow, the engine will then 'breathes' into the valley area. To prove my point on the later heads they dropped the outer holes, these were know as 10 bolt heads. You can of course fit the outer bolts if you want the engine to 'look right' you just nip up the outer bolts to 15 ftlbs so they aren't doing anything
I'm afraid I'm a bit late to game also. I've been around the Buick/Rover since I was 17(1981) I found the metal head gasket more reliable than the composite type. Have had them fail several times. Never the metal type. Just saying. Love the channel.
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Bit late now as the vid is 11 years old but you are using 14 bolt heads, you should omit the lower outer bolts because they put an uneven load on the head gasket which causes it to blow, the engine will then 'breathes' into the valley area. To prove my point on the later heads they dropped the outer holes, these were know as 10 bolt heads. You can of course fit the outer bolts if you want the engine to 'look right' you just nip up the outer bolts to 15 ftlbs so they aren't doing anything
I sold the car in 2013 and stopped working on cars in 2015.
I'm afraid I'm a bit late to game also. I've been around the Buick/Rover since I was 17(1981) I found the metal head gasket more reliable than the composite type. Have had them fail several times. Never the metal type. Just saying. Love the channel.
I sold the car in 2013 and stopped working on cars in 2015. Thanks for the kudos.