[Vwdiesel] TDI blunder

[TexasTDI]

My understanding is you torque down the Raceware bolts to X ft-lbs, then run
the engine for a while to get it hot and then torque them down again to Y
ft-lbs (Y being greater than X).  Sorry, but I can't remember the actual
numbers

Christopher J. Thornton
1991 VW Jetta 2 Door 1.6 Diesel - 242k miles
2000 VW Golf 1.9 TDI (turbo diesel) - 111k miles
AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500
http://www.amsoil.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shalyn Shourds" <sshourds at flash.net>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 9:46 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] TDI blunder


> Well, I stumbled across enough motivation to stick the head on the TDI
> tonight.  So, I whipped out the head, gasket, and sawed the heads off
> two old bolts to use for guides.  Stacked it all on the short block and
> started tightening.  Put it to fourty, then as I was taking it to sixty,
> one word crossed my stream of unrelated counsciousness:  Newton-meters.
> Needless to say, I was torquing it to foot-lbs.
>
> What I should have done:  30 ft-lbs, 44 ft-lbs, 90º, 90º.  What I did:
> 40 ft-lbs, 60 ft-lbs, curse.  I'm thinking that I wll have to remove the
> (stretch) bolts and replace with new since it's overtorqued to an
> indeterminate degree.  My immediate question is should I replace the
> head gasket as well, or just replace the head bolts one by one and hope
> for the best.  Seems like I remember the Raceware bolts being installed
> one by one without replacing the head gasket, but then again, they're
> done all at once, not in several successive torque steps, as I recall.
>
> That's what I get for using an American torque wrench with ft-lbs in the
> big obvious numbers and a Geman car with N-m listed first.  That, and
> not paying attention....
>
> So, anyone with some Raceware experience and a lucky guess got some
> advice?
>
> -Shalyn
>
> '00 TDI