New Head Gasket Retorque??

[Diggindan]

Resealing a M10 because it was leaking from almost every place it could. Massive amounts of silicone used by the last monkey that worked on it.

My question is whether to retorque after warming up. I'm using Elring gaskets. Torqued to 54lbs at this point.

[Son of Marty]

There's a couple of schools of thought on this, but the best thing to do is follow Elrings instructions.

[TobyB]

However, the current Elring instruction is torque, angle now, so at 54 ft- lbs, too late for that!

 

Dan, yes, if you've used the old way, and torqued in 3 steps, once the engine's on the car and running

well, give it one last torque- dead cold- and if any bolts don't move at all, back them off just enough to release them,

and retorque.  

It doesn't hurt, and it's not uncommon to find several bolts that have slackened- thus, the angle method now specified.

 

my opinion only,

t

 

[Diggindan]

Yeah, that's what my old manual suggests. I work on Subarus also so should have caught on to the Elring "hyroglyphic" instructions. Thanks for the replies!