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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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so i just finished installing a cometic 3mm headgasket on my S. so i fired it up and everythig seemed normal. i was getting some white smoke from the exhaust but nothing crazy. it looked normal like when u first start the car but then after 20 min it was still there so i didnt know if it was normal. i turned it off because i knew it needed some oil and when i took off the oil cap it was a little milky.

i used arp head studs and i torqued them to 80ft/lbs using arp moly lube. any thoughts? please help.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 07:27 PM
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You need to do a leakdown test to verify a blown headgasket.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 07:32 PM
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Should have done some research before you went with that combo.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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go smell the exhaust does it smell like anti-freeze? and why would you change the head gasket?
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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^ from the video and seeing the stock airbox it looks as if he wanted to lower compression on an NA motor because he didn't like the hp/tq. Now it has much less.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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no the reason i did it was because i was pulling off the head because of bent valves and decided to go with a 3mm hg because i plan to go fi in the near future....
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