shawn360h

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I was doing an oil change 2 days ago and i noticed the whole oil pan has a thin coating of oil on it. I look around some more and seen that the back of the block has the same problem. From what i can see it was coming from my head gasket. I put ARP headstuds in about 6000 miles ago and when i retourqed the head i tourqed it to the factory specs not knowing you have to do it differently with headstuds. I called ARP and got the correct torque specs and i went to retighten them and they were more then 85 ft/lb which is what they are supposed to be. my question is could me over tightening my bolts cause the headgasket to leak or do i have another problem? Should i get new studs to replace the ones i have in there now when i replace the head gasket? thanx for the input

1d10t

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Are u sure that you didnt pinch the valve cover gasket?

shawn360h

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yes because there is no oil on my intake manifold which it would be most likely to get on first.

lillev23

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did you change the headgasket?

shawn360h

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when i put the head studs in? yes i put a new head gasket, valve cover gasket, and cam oil seals in.

shawn360h

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bump

psphinx81

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what kind of headgasket did u use?

shawn360h

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The head gasket and valve cover gasket are both straight from mitsubishi

gsr0801

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changing the gasket if it wasn't damage was a waste. I use my stock head gasket after I change my stud I running 30psi daily driven. But your gasket sounds like its shot.

boosted2x2

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check your oil pressure switch. had same problem and that was it.

shawn360h

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its not the pressure switch cause there is oil well above it and there is no drips coming off the sensor. I picked up a new head gasket yesterday and im gonna change it during the spring and i can ride my bike. Do you think its a good idea to get new studs since i over torqued them?