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300TDi head
« on: April 19, 2008, 18:59:27 »
Once you've done the head gasket and got it running, there is no further torquing down is there :-k
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Re: 300TDi head
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2008, 19:23:33 »
i dont think so because you use the torque turn method, leastways i,ve never retorqued a 300 head and had no trouble with them
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Re: 300TDi head
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2008, 22:38:34 »
as above,no , just do it the once ...alan...(not like clutches :wink:)

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Re: 300TDi head
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2008, 21:55:11 »
i recently done mine on a n reg,

the guy who skimmed it said to re torque after about 500 miles, so i did just in case,

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Re: 300TDi head
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2008, 21:57:51 »
how can you re torque, its all done with an angle guage aint it ?. think 200s are the old method....

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Re: 300TDi head
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2008, 21:52:31 »
Yep, all done on angles and as far as I can find, no re-torquing required......
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