When rebuilt were new case to head studs used? Chinese studs are not equal to original german studs and stretch. I never have used loctite on studs for heads. Is it possible his engine is overheating??
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of No Quarter Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 8:10 PM To: VintagVW Subject: [vintagvw] Loose heads? I have a friend that had a 1967 VW bug and lives down in San Felipe, MX in the Baja. The engine has about 10000 miles on it. The engine was built as a 1600SP and has been doing quite well other than my friend tells me the heads keep coming loose. I suggested the studs might be pulling out of the case, however it's got case savers on it. Do you think maybe it needs loctite to help hold everything together? Is it possible the nuts/studs could be vibrating back out? He says he keeps losing compression and retorquing the heads seems to fix it. This engine was balanced and blue printed so it's a nice smooth runner. Thanks for the advice... NQ -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en. -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en.
