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Originally Posted by Striper80
In searching for the gaskets I found quite a few horror stories about completely rotted out water jackets. Hopefully I won't find that. The engine runs well right now but I'd like to get ahead of a head gasket failure.
Should the head bolts be replaced as well?
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If it still has the origanal 98 head bolts, no. They were stainless and outlasted the engines. The 93+ blocks were closed deck lost foam castings, and did suffer from quite ab it of corrosion issues since the design allowed places for saltwater to sit and collect without draining away.
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