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 Posted: 07-20-2020 02:31 am
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 I've got a coolant fluid leak that I'm suspecting might be coming from the head gasket. It seemed to be coming from the top right front of the engine. But I wasn't able to definitively locate it since the corner of the head was obscured by the water pump hoses. I took the pump off and didn't see any obvious sources from the water pump. So, now, I'm thinking maybe I should just go ahead and pull the head just to replace the gasket. I did check compression and every cylinder hit 60lb on the first turn and close to 135lb after 5 or 6 turns. So, the engine appears to be tight. Does that sound crazy to pull the head when the engine is tight? The car has 48k miles on it. I've got a number of intake valves that are over .008 thousands. So, looks like I should pull the cams to adjust, anyway. Are there any gottchas to pulling the head or is it pretty straight forward? Seems like it should be. And does anybody know how heavy it is? Can I easily lift it out of the car by myself?

Thanks very much.

Richard