[Vwdiesel] forgot to put anti seize on my head bolts

[Andrew .Libby]

Darn good thing too.  They aren't supposed to have anti-seize on them.

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 1:18 PM, <cosborn at epix.net> wrote:

> 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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