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Old Feb 22, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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ya i changed teh thermostat today, the valver cover gasket yesterday... but ive had a problem since i bought the car...its smoking

it smokes by the firewall, by teh exhaust manifold, i know its not a the valve cover gasket, cause i jsut changed it.. im thinking its the headgasket... well not thinking, i know it is... how hard is teh install? and are the oem dodge headgaskets anygood, or can i use the felpro mls... ( cause i know on my truck for headgaskets the felpro mls style are far inferior for the ford oem mls style) also, i just bought a bottle of bars, head gasket repair, would that do the job?

im selling ted to get all of the major things fixed so i dont leave the next owner with a bunch of problems...the car in a week or 2, and i wna
 
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Old Feb 22, 2007 | 11:39 PM
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The Felpro MLS is a high quality belt. Since you are replacing the HG, might as well change the timing belt, water pump and tensioner pulley at the same time.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 12:06 AM
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i am replacing teh timing belt, cam tensioner and water pump

how hard is teh install on both of these? ( head gasket and timing belt)
 
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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 12:41 AM
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It's not very difficult, but can be time consuming.
 
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