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rivets were not removed, its a newer cometic so they are not touching the mating surfaces nuts were retorqued at 200 miles, then 1000 miles it has been about another 1000miles How would the middle (4th row from front) nuts get loose? I'm probably looking at a warped head then? I understand...

About a month... I'm not sure what would have caused it, just checked torque and the middle nuts were pretty loose, all others were at around 80 ft/lbs I was only running 18psi, anyone know what a metal blown head gasket looks like? How much of the head can I leave assembled as I remove it? I...

rings are fine, cooling system has lots of extra pressure, white smoke in exhaust so it is the headgasket torqued to 82 ft/lb

I have a metal headgasket (cometic) installed and my compression in cylinders 5 and 6 is at 90 (the others are 160) Does a metal headgasket "blow" or am I looking at something more serious as a head issue? Taking it apart now, any experience will help