Just did head gasket on buick machined heads 3angle valve job magnafluxed put together no water flow pulled thermostat, nothing wondering can you bolt heads on backwards cause waterpump worked fine

Asked by Kevin Aug 02, 2015 at 02:20 AM about the 2000 Buick Park Avenue FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Could heads on backwards or lower
intake gasket backwards stop water
flow

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Bob answered 8 years ago

Possibly wrong head gaskets or installed wrong covering the cooling passages.

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