[V8] Retorqueing heads

[Dag Bøsterud]

I've also figured out that this must be a sealing problem with the head 
gasket and those oil pipes.

A few Mercedes engines used in the w124 series E-class (E280 / E300-24v / 
E320) also had the same problem.
Mercedes made a new head gasket, så when you change the head gasket the 
problem is gone forever.

Audi has obviously not done this. Instead we're left to suffer leaking 
engines.

And what would a set of ARP's help me? Would I be able to press the cylinder 
head and block that much more together?

/Dag
92 V8 4.2
202 000 miles


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Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] Retorqueing heads


>
> Using the wrong device to accomplish the task.  If you want to go this 
> way
> in thinking and action = ARP.  The twisted head bolt isn't  designed to 
> solve
> this problem as presented.
>
> IMO
>
> SJ
>
>
> In a message dated 5/16/2008 4:03:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> pjager at telus.net writes:
>
> For sure  it's not a head bolt problem.
>
> It's a sealing problem. Force of oil  pressure v.s. surface area for the
> seal. There is that small dia. oil pipe  rear drivers, front side 
> passenger
> at the end of the head.
>
> Reducing  the clearance of this gap between head and block, by compressing
> the head  gasket a bit more you reduce but not eliminate the flow. That's
> all. A  workaround we are talking here to make things more liveable.
>
> The head  gasket won't blow and will be fine around all other sealing 
> points.
>
>
>
>
>
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