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July 18, 2009, 07:36:22 pm

haybayian

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oil leak from head gasket
« on: July 18, 2009, 07:36:22 pm »
I run a recent professionally rebuilt AAZ which showed no leak when I ran it first  from the machine shop last year. I have hardly used it, maybe 2 hours altogether. Now there is an oil leak which seems to originate in the block to head interface on the vacuum pump side. My question: should I check the torque of the cylinder head 10 bolts? Do these normally have to be retorqued after a rebuild?

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Haybayian


Keep it simple if you can.

Reply #1July 18, 2009, 08:03:17 pm

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Re: oil leak from head gasket
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2009, 08:03:17 pm »
Normally you don't need to retorque with the metal HG. You can't really check the torque because it's x ft/lbs + 1/2 a turn. It won't hurt to check to make sure they aren't lose though.

Check to make sure it's not a rotted turbo oil feed line or something similar
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Reply #2July 19, 2009, 01:14:26 pm

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Re: oil leak from head gasket
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2009, 01:14:26 pm »
Thanks Tyler for your advice. I will check all this.
Haybayian

Normally you don't need to retorque with the metal HG. You can't really check the torque because it's x ft/lbs + 1/2 a turn. It won't hurt to check to make sure they aren't lose though.

Check to make sure it's not a rotted turbo oil feed line or something similar
Keep it simple if you can.