[Vwdiesel] Go for head studs or bolts

[Stephen Kraus]

The Paper in the ARP kit called for 90 Ft lbs WITH the special grease they
included. I think 10 ft lbs over won't hurt, and its running well and no
longer consuming oil or coolant. I love these things

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 12:06 PM, brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com> wrote:

> If those ARP studs were new, you should have gotten a packet of their
> thread lube (which last's a few applications beyond that) and be torqued to
> 80ft.lbs. Paper written instructions should have been included too.. I think
> 100+ is for using engine oil..
>
> -brian
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:48 AM, Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Well, got it all done, waiting for morning to crank the engine
>>
>> Installed new piston rings, deglazed and honed cylinders, cleaned and
>> reinstalled pistons, adjusted injection pump timing, installed head
>> headgasket and new ARP headstuds and bolts, torqued to 100 FtLbs, re-timed
>> and reinstalled everything.
>>
>> Just waiting for sunrise
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 11:46 PM, <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> > In a message dated 8/7/2010 1:02:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> > syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk writes:
>> >
>> > > With the 1.5 going into the
>> > > Dasher, I'm seriously considering jumping ship and finding a Suzuki
>> G10T
>> > > to put in the Fox... Three cylinders, 1L, turbocharged. :D
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >   How about a nissan TD27?  :-)  I think there's a smaller, 1.5 or so
>> > TD Nissan diesel as well.  JDM of course.
>> >    Loren
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