[Vwdiesel] crank bolt
LBaird119 at aol.com
LBaird119 at aol.com
Sat Jul 15 12:24:00 EDT 2006
In a message dated 7/15/2006 9:20:19 AM Pacific Standard Time,
jcarr222 at comcast.net writes:
> For $20.00 you can get new head bolts from the Parts Place. They are
> the stretch bolts. Torque to specs, then turn a 1/2 turn more. I
> have had to replace more that one head gasket because someone used
> the old bolts.
>
Don't fortet you then warm up the engine and turn another 90, drive
500 to 600 miles and add another 90.
Likely the problem when they were reused was they only torqued them
and didn't end up adding that additional turn by the time it was all done.
They CAN be reused but is it really worth it? ;-) I've heard of them
being reused no problem (especially in gassers) and I've heard of some
that snapped during the torque process. Always run a tap through the
block threads and blow out the holes when doing a head! Even more
critical how cleear they are on the non-stretch bolts.
Loren
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