At 12/11/2012 02:27 AM, Mike South wrote: >As the subject says, I was closing the bleeder screw and the head sheared >right off. Wasn't applying too much torque, but maybe it was because I had >done that in the past. Anyway, the good news is that it was all coolant >coming out; I think it was adequately burped!
Once when we were bleeding it and my helper over torqued it, cracked the radiator. It was an old radiator....
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