I'm pretty sure my head gasket needs replaced. The one headbolt outside the
valve cover on the driver's side closest to the fire wall had coolant coming
out. It was loose so I retorqued it (not sure if those bolts are retorquable
or not). The jeep is new to me and I never noticed any milky stuff around
the oil cap but today I did. Wasn't much at all...just slightly (not sure if
that's normal for an older engine). I also noticed an oil leak around the
same headbolt. Now I just replaced the valve cover gasket and it's difficult
to tell if that's the problem or not. Seems like there may be oil leaking
from between the head and block. But again, the motor has so much grime and
oil it's tought to tell. The coolant looks good. I haven't driven it at all
since I retorqued the headbolt so we'll see what happens. Question is...how
difficult is it to change a head gasket. Someone said there are no timing
issues to fool with. I've never dealt with anything but overhead cams, so
how do the rods and lifters work as far as taking this head off? Anything
I'm going to have to purchase besides the gasket and headbolts? Any tips
would be great!
Thanks!
Allen
83 CJ7