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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cantbuytime" data-source="post: 1005157" data-attributes="member: 12590">Dont have to have a leaking head gasket to have a warped head or block. The headbolts could be keeping the head flat now. That bolt didnt break because its weak , it broke because the head lifted or the block twisted. I use to work in a machine shop and most of the time when someone had a head bolt or stud snapped at the end of the block. It was a block that wasnt square from the factory or twisted under power. Which 302 blocks are notorious for both.. And we always ended up decking the block and heads.. Last I checked coolant comes out of the lower bolt holes because they go in the water passage. We use to use gasket sealer then we started using the white compound.Just saying from experience.</blockquote>