But he's in San Felipe so that means he's driving a smooth running bug on some of the worst roads I've ever driven so he has that to consider as a factor ;-). We took the serra road from Ensenada over to San Felipe in my Jeep about 2001 and it was like driving in a war zone where more of the road was dirt and potholes than paved.it was a fun weaving all over event. We took the road back through El Centro to San Diego instead of doing that one again. Anyhoo back to the topic:
The question is if the studs are loosening at the case or at the head? I'd suspect since he's re-torqueing at the heads it's the latter. If he's doing that is he might be doing the typical 4 studs only since the other 4 are highly inaccessible with the engine in? If so, all he's doing is setting himself up for quick loosening since the other 4 are likely loose and need tightening. He'll need to pull the engine and potentially use some loc-tite. Brien _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of No Quarter Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:10 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 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2634/5451 - Release Date: 12/11/12 -- 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.
