me and a buddy recently put head gaskets on a car went through the whole process you know new bolts heads shaved new gaskets you know all the good stuff we been fixing cars for a long time and never ran into this problem after putting the car together we started to see the coolient system wasent right. now the car has never over heated it will build up air when sitting for a long period of time then you need to bleed the system after reseaching we found out there was a misprint with the torque specs for the head bolts (not our fault) ive never ran into this problem so can you put the torque wrench on them and tighten them to the right specs or will the heads have to come off be checked and replace the bolts any answers
2006-09-25 10:43:59 · 5 answers · asked by Stephen A 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Just re tighten and see if that fixes the probs,if it dont you will have to replace gaskets and bolts again.
2006-09-25 11:06:12 · answer #1 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Head Gaskets May Be Wrong Or Backward If Its A V6 Or V8.I Have Ran Into Restrictors That Have To Be Removed On Some Cars Not On Others,Check Old Gasket Against New,Try To Retorque First,Or U May Have A New Problem GOOD LUCK
2006-09-25 10:50:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the bolts were not tightened enough the head gasket could be damaged but the bolts are ok. take back apart and check head gasket. then replace if damaged or just reassemble. if you overtightened the bolts must be replaced. sounds like you under-tightened and compressed air from cylinder leaked into water jacket
2006-09-25 10:55:50 · answer #3 · answered by outafter30atlast 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are they over- or under-torqued? Either way, they are now set. You need to pull the bolts, re-treat them with hi-temp Loc-tite (PLEASE tell me you didn't put them on dry) and re-torque them to spec.
If you over-torqued them, you really should pull the heads and put new gaskets on. the old ones will be over-compressed.
Take your time and do it right, or you WILL end up with coolant in your oilpan!
2006-09-25 10:47:25 · answer #4 · answered by Rusty Shackleford 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will build up air when sitting for a long period of time then you need to bleed the system ,
I'm lost ,can`t figure what you mean ,help me out with a little more info,I don't understand the above statement
2006-09-25 10:51:27 · answer #5 · answered by Bushit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋