Just from a point of interest..................

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onelife

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• Jul 29, 2007

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Hi,
Just from a point of interest..................

After fitting a new head/gasket, would you re-torque the head after a couple of hundred miles? Or not?

Most mechanics seem to say no now, why is this? Has their been a huge advance in bolts/gasket?

Just for interest purposes, thanks, Mark

 

The Mad Hat Man

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• Jul 29, 2007

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you most likely could on a series lump, but modern engines use "Stretch" bolts and re-torqueing them wud fook it up completely.

 

thehulkowner

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• Jul 29, 2007

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yes re torgue after 10 minutes running aswell and also after a couple of hundred i think its 14 fpi

 

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• Jul 30, 2007

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Yes re-torque when hot after 100 or so miles and check the tappets when hot.
The reason for checking is if you are using a fiber gasket it has quite a bit of spring in it and will settle over time.
The copper gaskets don't need a re-torque so much as there is very little spring in them.