[Gregski]

looking for the Bolt Whisperer?

I know you read spark plugs but I'm not sure if you can read bolts, exhaust manifold bolts for that matter

anyway, if you don't own one of these magnetic chrome trays I strongly recommend one for storing all your loose nuts and bolts during the disassembly process

so from the rear to the front of the cylinder head, the bolts around #8 were black and wet, the bolts around #6 & #4 were semi black and wet, and the last two bolts around #2 were dry, so what, so what does that mean?

my guess oil from the rocker cover gasket area leaking and seeping down and around the exhaust manifold, but that's just a guess