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

[cosborn at epix.net]

Good !!! 
- I was following the directions in the Haynes manual and that is why I didn't put any on them.  BUT - prior to my starting this project many people have told me that I should put anti-seize because of problems they have experienced and that is why I thought I did an ooops.
Craig


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew .Libby" <libbybapa at gmail.com>
To: cosborn at epix.net
Cc: "vwdiesel" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 4:30:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] forgot to put anti seize on my head bolts

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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