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    Newbie here and need advice based on mileage

    I agree. It has not made it to the oil yet and the heads and gaskets have been ordered. Vehicle has no cel's and really runs great otherwise and no real bad rust or anything. We can't afford the car payment option so this is our only option anyway!
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    Newbie here and need advice based on mileage

    I have the 706 castech heads. I have seen a white residue. Almost like a thin layer of jelly in a few spots around oil spout but truck doesn’t make oil or is it milky. Oil isn’t slushy either but It’s definitely no leaking that I can tell. I alsoa small oil leak started that appears to be rear...
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    Newbie here and need advice based on mileage

    I have an 05 tahoe 5.3l that my wife drives our kids around in. It's using about 3 quarts of coolant per month. I suspect it's the cracked head issue. It's got 180k+ on it and she drives about 30k miles a year. Should I replace engine or just heads? Vehicle is in pretty decent condition for the...
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