[Vwdiesel] forgot to put anti seize on my head bolts
cosborn at epix.net
cosborn at epix.net
Sun Apr 15 13:18:13 PDT 2012
I just completed torquing down my head bolts to the next to last step in the torquing sequence.
(last two steps-- 1.fire up the engine to operating temp and do a quarter turn and 2. drive 1000 miles and do another quarter turn)
My problem is this -- I completely forgot to put anti-seize on the head bolts. I did clean them with oil prior to inserting them, so they do have a light coat of all purpose oil on the threads but that is all.
How much of a problem might this cause me in the future?
I don't want to disassemble everything , but I thought that maybe I could order a new set of head bolts and remove one at a time replacing them with a new bolt coated with anti-seize and torque them down one at a time to the first step in the torquing sequence.
If I do it this way, I thought that maybe the head gasket would not be disturbed and and would be less likely to leak.
OR
should I just forget about it and worry about it at the next tear down?
Craig Osborn
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