Bottom head bolts

35th T-bird SC

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I noticed the Haynes said to put sealer on the bottom four head bolts. When I looked in the holes they didn't appear to penetrate the water jackets they looked like they bottomed out. I still put teflon thread sealant on them anyway just to be safe. And just lightly oiled the top ones.
 
I've checked and rechecked the factory service manual and there is no mention of sealant (my base v6 bird didnt need it.... )
 
I confirmed before I put the heads on and the freeze plugs that there is no opening to any coolant passage on the bottom four. But my haynes says to put sealer on them so I figured what the hell it couldn't hurt even if it doesn't need it to be safer than sorry.
 
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