1996 Chevy Tahoe head gaskets

1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE
170,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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FREY92
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I have had to replace the head gaskets in my truck 3 times in the last 60k miles, so that is an average of 20k miles per gaskets. I contacted gm and they refused to give me an answer. Is this normal or could something else be causing thie gaskets to go. Or is gm just making crap parts.
Apr 9, 2008 at 10:36 PM
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BLACKOP555
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try a different brand of headgaskets, may be getting shotty parts.

also maybe the heads are warped, or its being over torqued when installed.
Apr 12, 2008 at 1:14 PM
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