broke in the new engine- but need help

Cause I had water sizzling out the front one and I pulled the bolt and rtv'd it and it seems to have stopped but I wonder if it needs a longer bolt since it used to have studs in there. Now it doesn't, they were this way when I bought em. Should I have put studs in?


That's why LA heads have studs in the outside holes, water jackets. You might get by with the rtv but, I would use teflon tape. The smaller 12 point bolts are the way to go.

Teflon paste is good for that.