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Old 03-23-2014, 11:31 AM
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I believe I have developed a head gasket leak - oil is dripping out of the area below the rear rocker box - I recently had the rear rocker box replaced with new box and gaskets. 2009 RG with Head-Quarters 107 - 41k miles - does anyone have an estimated cost of this repair with labor from the indy being $60 hour. thanks
 
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I believe you mean you developed a rocker box gasket leak instead of a head gasket, yes? If you "recently had the rocker box replaced with new box and gaskets" may I ask who did the repair? If it was fairly recent and a dealer or indy replaced and is now leaking, they should fix it. In any event, it will be about 2 hours for a repair plus the gaskets.
 
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the leak is where rocker box meets the head - got pictures but there are on my phone
 
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Originally Posted by lkr0
the leak is where rocker box meets the head - got pictures but there are on my phone
That is still considered a rocker box gasket leak. If anyone would know the time it would take to repair its Dawg.
 
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thank you -- then I think the shop will be doing this for free - this occured after I got new rocker boxes
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That is still considered a rocker box gasket leak. If anyone would know the time it would take to repair its Dawg.
 
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