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  1. cattlerepairman

    torquing head studs for oil leak

    From the back of my head, non-TD block torque is 132 ft lbs, TD is 157 ft lbs. Both with sequential torquing to these values.
  2. cattlerepairman

    torquing head studs for oil leak

    From what I experienced, I definitely agree with the "retorque" crowd. As I said, new style gasket, followed the torque sequence, run it a few times and all nuts were unequal. Some looser then others but all were significantly backed off from original specs. No wonder the gasket would start...
  3. cattlerepairman

    torquing head studs for oil leak

    I usually keep boost in the 7-10 psi range. Very rarely do I not pay attention and the D turbo happily boosts up to 15. Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk
  4. cattlerepairman

    torquing head studs for oil leak

    I retorqued mine (new style head gasket) with no ill effects. The head nuts were certainly loose, after correct install and a few hundred kilometers and hot/cold cycles. I was quite surprised. Still...gasket is seeping. Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk
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