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Damn coolant leaks

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  • Start date Start date May 18, 2004

Great68

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Today I readjusted all my rocker arms, and fired up the car. After a few moments I found some coolant trickling on the ground near the rear of the motor

I believe it's gotta be coming out of the rear of the passenger's side head.
I just don't understand how, when I put the new heads on I scraped and cleaned the heck out of the block, used new Felpro head gaskets, and used plenty of ARP thread sealer on all of the lower head bolts.

Could it be a bolt torque thing? I torqued all the bolts to 70ft/lbs. The AFR guide says I should torque the top 5 head bolts to 80ft/lbs after the initial warm up and cool down (Which I haven't done yet). Would this help stop the leak?
 
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