I'm about to tear into the 2.7L in my wife's daily driver (2004 Intrepid)

There is a head gasket leak which is causing combustion gasses to percolate into the cooling system which creates a bubble and an overheat situation if not paying close attention to the gauge.

I bought the Fel-Pro gasket kit and Fel-Pro head bolts.

I'm hoping to get it torn apart sunday then take the heads into the machine shop first thing monday morning to be magnaflux'd and deck's checked as well as new valve guide seals (which come in the kit). Hopfully they'll have a quick turn around time.


Any tips from someone who's done this job? I've already put an OEM water pump on it about 18 months ago which wasn't all that hard, just a lot of disassembly & reassembly for what should have been a simple job.