Ok, my truck is leaking water at the front corner passenger side of head, its not mixing with oil or nothin, just leaking a little bit out and dripping down block. it was like this when i bought it and i wanna fix it. the guy i bought it off of had the head off and replaced gasket. he used the same headbolts and im wondering if i change the headbolts out one by one would it hurt the gasket cuz i know once you pull the head off you cant use the same gasket. so if i carefully replace one by one would it mess it up? or what should i do with it. i cant afford headstuds or that would be done

 

you can replace studs 1 by one but it sounds like the gasket is already junk. retork the studs and see if you get lucky.

 

you mean bolt? ill try it later im fixin to go to the junkyard and look for dodge treasures

 

dodge treasures, good luck with that. hope you have a better yard than we do. and stud; bolt similar thing.

 

haha. no twelve valves but they just got a built 24v in ive been gettin stuff off of. tow mirrors intake. and i didnt make it back home til now went to a party hung out with some friends. ill get on it first thing in the morning and post what happens. i think the head needs leveled possibly

 

That's a possibility. The heads are known to warp on these trucks, so if the previous owner didn't have the head decked, that might be the problem. Could also just need to be torqued. Head bolts require a few re-torques after some heat cycles.

 

that was it!!! cured. it needed re torqued

 

the same thing happened to my truck and the sad part is that i work for cummins and have all the parts and still havnt fixed it.

 

ive let mine leak for 3 months and i just didnt worry with it til now i decided to do it