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- From: borowski@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Don T. Borowski)
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 22:57:02 GMT
- Subject: Re: head gasket on a taurus
- Message-ID: <31160117@hpspkla.spk.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
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- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- References: <1992Jul23.113242.13953@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
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- In rec.autos.tech, dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk (Codesmiths) writes:
-
- >In-Reply-To: prmx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
- >
- >> I am about to replace the head gasket on my '86 Ford Taurus 2.5L engine.
- >> My question is: Torque the gasket once, or should I slack the bolts at some
- >> interval, then re-torque them.
- >
- >
- >Probably neither !
- >
- >I don't know that engine, but you seem to have a misunderstanding
- >about re-torqueing head bolts. It's normal practice to re-torque
- >after about 500 miles, but this just involves tightening the bolts up
- >further, *not* slackening them first.
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- My Robert Bentley (VW) manual is explict about this, saying that the head
- bolts need to be broken loose with about 1/8 turn backwards, before
- retorqueing them.
-
- Donald Borowski WA6OMI Hewlett-Packard, Spokane Division
- "Angels are able to fly because they take themselves so lightly."
- -G.K. Chesterton
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