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Date:  3-30-2017
Number of Hours:  4.00
Manual Reference:  Section 2
Brief Description:  More Engine love

So when I re-assembled my engines cylinders and heads, I didn't bother paying another $126 for all new head gaskets and instead opted to add 2nm more torque hoping it would seal em up but NOPE. And still with each head leaking, I have a solid 75/80 on every cylinder. So I'm excited to see what the compression comes up to after installing new gaskets and getting this bad boy broken in.
I also took this opportunity to re-coat the exhaust pipes using VHT ceramic header paint. Stuff is so user friendly. Did the majority of the baking cure cycles in my oven so now they are ready to run and look great.
I also got everything back together on the engine, zip tied, and bolted up like before with some improvements. One improvement is opting to install an oil breather line one way check valve. $16 shipped and the break out pressure is almost non existent. My hope here is that I remove a little more crankcase pressure and get those Ponies up.
One thing I noticed when removing the heads was how clean the pistons and valves were. I'm not sure if it's due to higher compression and a better combustion or the fact that I'm adding twice the recommended dose of Marvel Mystery oil to my fuel. Either way, I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing. Even the plugs are nice and clean.
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re-painted pipes

re-painted pipes

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One way Breather valve

One way Breather valve

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Heads off and ready for gaskets

Heads off and ready for gaskets

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