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Re-upload of my second video. I mixed up the edit first time. This one should make sense...

Some videos. Don't mind my waffle. I'm like an old lady TBH. I can't think about what I'm saying & doing whilst talking and working on the car. The result is I talk a whole load of ****e and create boring videos...

You do not actually have to drive anywhere, blanket over the grill and let it sit there idling. Takes a while. No fan needed in these temperatures when the car is moving, ram air is sufficient.

You will know when the fan is working it roars like a tank :vb-biggrin:

I was thinking that. It probably needs a good drive on the motorway by the time the heat travel through to the fan coil mechanism, too.

You have to be aware that even if the engine is up to temp after a drive in cold temps it may still not need the fan. J

All back together now and coolant topped up. Slight "hissing" sound but I think that's either the new belt breaking in or I've over tightened the AC belt. Probably the latter. Tested the blades on startup and the newspaper slows it to a stop...

Almost all torque settings are in RAVE and there are generic ones in there to cover anything they miss. Sometimes it puts a value in the section text but sometimes you have to check the section at the start.

When I did the cam belt on my old Astra, the idler pulley bolts were 25NM M8 into iron block, if it helps.

It depends if the hole that hath been stricken demands an original size bolt-th.. 🤔

Or screw something in an ole that has been overdone before, then think "oh thats tight enough" Did a sump plug up today and thought " thats enough" will check for leaks tomozz :). Its an elbow torque thing that can only be learnt, some from...

Never heard of them. I'll invest in one. Can one just use a tap 'n' die set, wot wot wot...

You have to strip a thread or two to learn your feels.... It still can happen and thank God for helicoil kits👌😎

The pulley to the waterpump is only 10NM. That's like hand tight and bit of a squint, breathe out and say click click under your breath like Christian on LR-Time. Where our friend got 50 from is beyond me!

Which numpty said 23NM... 🤭 what a forum!

I'll put some thread locker on too for safety. 25NM it is then

That 23 is just the "fit damper and pulley to hub" bit. I don't even know what you're doing really (I'm a V8 petrol sort of guy) so ignore me! This is from RAVE. A good rule of thumb if your actual bolt isn't listed in RAVE.

I've been filming, yes so I'll definitely mention him before I finish 😉. I've also posted in his video about the incorrect torque values.

There are many vids out there, and they are great to see how stuff comes apart or goes together, if I need to watch. But once seen it gives info to check things like when they give specific numbers. Did you make a vid to say I followed this...

Is that where your torque elbow clicks? in which case you have younger elbows than me:D. J

It might if it had ripped through the aluminium thread & wedged in, which is what I was dreading. I know but when you trust someone on YouTube who "seems" to know what they're doing you assume they're right. I thought if he's confidently posted...

Nice work. 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM 23NM...

87NM? I'll try that.

Result👍. It was never gonna be tight in there as you had just screwed it in (unless you used a different bolt and bottomed out). Sometimes the torque elbow is better. There are few things that actually need a torque wrench, with experience. I...

Been doing other jobs distracting me from the car (that I was dreading) but here's the update. Milliput failed due to frosty weather not letting it set and lack of plusgas (for fear it would stop the Milliput sticking) so the Milliput popped off...

As before, I'll pray it hasn't blended the Ally. I "think" the bolt has melted before the aluminium.

Still seems high to me. I woulda guessed around 15, book seems to suggest 10, but there’s no actual torque for the idlers from what I can see. As long as it dont come out it just needs to be snug. I’ve never heard of one rattling off Notice the...

There is at the start but I can't see where he corrects the error to 23nm. Where in the video does he put the correction?

There’s not a lot of room. Get your hand in there with scraped knuckles. Can slide sheet of cardboard down there so you don’t ding the rad