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Question: Head gaskets replaced on both heads for a V-6?
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Quapawpers, San Antonio, TX, December 20, 2010, 09:50
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On a V-6 engine, are both head gaskets replaced when a head gasket blows? Just want to know if one fails, is it likely the other will fail in the future? Are they always replaced in pairs?
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wareracing from Ware Racing Auto Repair, December 21, 2010, 10:17Reply
Enthusiastmost coman cause for head gasket to blow is head warpage caused by overheating if one head has been hot enough to warp chancesare both are
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Visitor, December 23, 2010, 08:05ReplyI would replace both.
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