hi rich,when she's hot she's expanded so you run her till she's running temp. then let her cool down to retorque. --- On Tue, 9/15/09, Richard C. Wagner <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Richard C. Wagner <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [alfa] Head Gasket Retorque To: "ira kaufman" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 2:45 PM Hiya Kowfy: Thanks for replying. > just my opinion of course.when i first started working > on cars in the 70's i would retorque.for the last maybe > 20 or so years i've stopped retorqueing.never been > disapointed either way. With the new head gaskets, I've had similar experience--until now. This gasket was in for about 80,000 miles. I think it failed because I recently installed a new A/C compressor. The new compressor dragged the engine down lower than the old one until I got the FI system set up properly to deal with it. Until I got it adjusted, the engine would sometimes get bogged down to almost 400 rpm and vibrate very strongly. I think the strong vibration is what killed the gasket. I'm also wondering if the gasket would have survived if I had retorqued it when new. You didn't mention: do you think it's better to retorque hot or cold? Rich -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
