>Why should this matter? I read somewhere "always replace "O" rings." >on a head job. The lower o-rings require removal of the cylinders (which requires a piston ring compressor, which requires (typically) removal of the engine...) in order to replace them. Try to not damage the lower o-rings and your head gasket job will be much less troublesome. Dave -- Dave Carpenter Whatever you wish for me, May you have twice as much. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke |
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