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External head gasket leak on b230f

posted by  jorrell245 on  Fri Dec 27 19:57 CST 2019
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My guess is that if the leak is in the driver side rear corner, the coolant has corroded a pit in the head where the gasket is. Very common issue, pull head, have machine shop fill hole and reface head, then new head gasket... standard installation.






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New External head gasket leak on b230f
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