Amber5GTTurb
06-10-2008, 11:30
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Hi,
Just wondering about a couple of things...
We got the torque settings for the head bolts from Auto Data, but it's saying that we need to run the car for 20mins (obvioulsy to give room for expansion etc) and then torque the bolts up again.
We've put the new head on and torqued the bolts up and will do it the way it says, but I just wondered if this is what you have done or would normally do when changing a head gasket on a 5? Just seems very lond-winded as you have to take it apart and put it back together twice!
Also, should there be washers between the bolts and head as the new uprated (or whatever they are) bolts didn't come with any washers but the old head had them on? The bolts were scoring the head so we put some on anyway.
:confused:
Hi,
Just wondering about a couple of things...
We got the torque settings for the head bolts from Auto Data, but it's saying that we need to run the car for 20mins (obvioulsy to give room for expansion etc) and then torque the bolts up again.
We've put the new head on and torqued the bolts up and will do it the way it says, but I just wondered if this is what you have done or would normally do when changing a head gasket on a 5? Just seems very lond-winded as you have to take it apart and put it back together twice!
Also, should there be washers between the bolts and head as the new uprated (or whatever they are) bolts didn't come with any washers but the old head had them on? The bolts were scoring the head so we put some on anyway.
:confused: