<div dir="auto">Just as a matter of habit, I usually put a small coat of Gask-a-cinch on the head stud threads before screwing into the block.<div dir="auto">Mike MacLean</div><div dir="auto">1969 MGB GT</div><div dir="auto">1960 Austin Healey Sprite</div><div dir="auto">56 Austin Healey BN2 LeMans</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 14, 2021, 4:08 PM Mark Fawcett via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I don't recall any of the studs needing to be sealed to prevent coolant escaping. If you have coolant seeping out, I think I would look at the head gasket. <div><br></div><div>Mark Fawcett</div><div>59 BT7</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 2:37 PM m.g.sharp--- via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Has anyone out there had issues with coolant coming up the head studs?  I have heard that some stud holes in the block are blind, but some intercept coolant channels and that the head studs that go in these holes need to be sealed.  Does anyone know which holes are blind and which are not?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks for any insights.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Mirek<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">’59 BT7<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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