Q: What am I doing wrong

asked by on July 13, 2016

I have a coolant leak near bottom of motor on passenger side. I have replaced water pump, coolant cap, thermostat, intake gasket and now head gasket. It looked like it's the back head leaking so I took the head out had it serviced and put it back together. Now I still have that leak in the same spot I don't know what to do this makes the 2nd time I have redone the head gasket and it still leaking.

My car has 110000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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