On 5/4/17, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > As a last resort, I will check the head nuts to see if any are > obviously loose .... I'm sure people are just dying to know this.... ;) lol. So I decided "what the heck", dove in and checked the head nuts. There was maybe one that felt a tiny tiny bit loose, some others turned slightly with a tiny more amount of torque (turned maximum 1/8 of a turn) and some (5, 6, 7, 8) felt dead solid almost like they were over torqued. I used my Craftsman beam wrench and just for fun, checked the feel of one nut with both a clicker and beam wrench. I have no point of reference on how these nuts should feel, since this is my first time doing this, but I'm now certain the engines coming out sooner than later. i.e. compression gases getting into the coolant path isn't due to loose nuts. Thanks for the help. -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> |
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