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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jp8775" data-source="post: 129439" data-attributes="member: 20329">Ok I have seen this over and over on the web: The old head haskets, after being torqued down these gaskets would tend to "settle" a bit, which made retorquing them a good idea to prevent seepage and other issues. Modern head gaskets don't have this issue and as such don't require retorquing. Now its seems some times procedures just do not change with the times and I would like to actually see somrthing current from Bobcat documentation about retorqueing head gaskets of a bobcat Mechanic who has reocuring training saying this is what we do. Some gasket manufactures now say if you retorque after breaking the gasket it will fail? If a head gasket seeps and fluid gets between the gasket and head or block its already to late the gasket has failed. So if retporquing is needed 6-10 hours seems a lot to me?</blockquote>