New 331 running great but 1 issue

[blkcobra50]

The 2nd closest to the firewall on drivers side lower head stud is leaking a bit off coolant. I used ARP thread sealer but I need to know if I should wait on taking that one stud out resealing it and re torqueing it to see if it will seal itself? I put maybe 30 miles on the motor so far after starting it on saturday. I also heard that a bit of leaking through studs is pretty common. I have searched this site as well as others and have read that it happens alot. Thanks guys

 

[BlownFiveLiter]

You should be able to pull that one stud safely and coat that SOB with Permatex blue. Leaking around any bolt or stud that goes into a water passage is fairly common from what I've heard/read, so just seal that thing up again, and let 'er rip!

 

[Modular2v]

the lower ones feed into the waterjackets.. . Pull that one bolt and coat it in silicon and pop it back in

 

[blkcobra50]

I coated all of the lower studs with ARP Thread sealer dunno why just 1 is leaking but I will drain the coolant out of the block pop that stud out a coat it again. I have permatex high temp sealer. Should I use that on this 1 stud instead of silicone or blue permatex or just reseal it with the ARP stuff. Thanks for the replies.

 

[BlownFiveLiter]

I'm not sure if it was in the directions for my TW heads, or with the ARP studs I got, but the Permatex blue is what they specified to use. You could probably use the ARP sealer, since I highly doubt they'd sell a crappy sealer. Just put a good amount on, and you should be good to go.

 

[Modular2v]

i would not use the arp stuff. . . go with some good old fashioned silicon

 

[blkcobra50]

I'm not sure if it was in the directions for my TW heads, or with the ARP studs I got, but the Permatex blue is what they specified to use. You could probably use the ARP sealer, since I highly doubt they'd sell a crappy sealer. Just put a good amount on, and you should be good to go.

Yeah I know TFS specified to use blue permatex. I used it on the accessory plugs for the brackets but not on the studs. Thanks again