Subject	Because you may have distorted the head gasket w. the
Posted by	Bernie (NoVA) on July 21, 2008 at 12:49 PM
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In Reply To	Why? There was no reason for that before? They were never posted by Viper498 ( MO ) on July 21, 2008 at 12:44 PM
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Follow Ups	I am going to have a seizure! Help. - Viper498 ( MO ) 10:39:48 07/21/08 The service manual does mention - ZXRider(SoCal) 10:43:21 07/21/08 Crap... Where?? I have the EM section printed out and have - Viper498 ( MO ) 10:45:26 07/21/08 EM-33 - ZXRider(SoCal) 10:47:09 07/21/08 Jesus, I see it now. I really don't know how I missed that - Viper498 ( MO ) 10:49:29 07/21/08 Np. Good luck. (n/m) - ZXRider(SoCal) 10:50:34 07/21/08 Would be adviseable to remove the heads, replace the gaskets - Bernie (NoVA) 12:37:13 07/21/08 Why? There was no reason for that before? They were never - Viper498 ( MO ) 12:44:12 07/21/08 Because you may have distorted the head gasket w. the - Bernie (NoVA) 12:49:36 07/21/08 Well the bolts are brand new. They have never been torqued - Viper498 ( MO ) 12:55:36 07/21/08 crazy how often people run into this problem (n/m) - AntiHero 11:25:26 07/21/08 Does anyone know if the oil pick-up gets a new o-ring - Viper498 ( MO ) 11:28:23 07/21/08 yes, it does - aliaZ 12:08:25 07/21/08 Ativan or Valium (n/m) - robo (sebring1970) 18:49:20 07/21/08 Klonopin or Xanax (n/m) - escturbo 19:33:11 07/21/08 Guinness or Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA (n/m) - aliaZ 21:41:54 07/21/08 Stout >> pale, no comparison - BobbyT 00:58:58 07/22/08 I agree there is no comparison - aliaZ 06:44:57 07/22/08
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