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Breaking in a v1703 out of the bobcat?
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<blockquote data-quote="jp8775" data-source="post: 129453" data-attributes="member: 20329"><p>I went on the web and searched head gasket retorque. What I posted was above was al,ost word for word from the article and Ifound several. I am not saying I will not retorque my heads just that I am exploring the theory. As for a good dealer will give good info, I have found that to be very schetchy. Especially with these old bobcats. They are just replacing the engines with rebuilt more and more. I asked a mechanic about this last year and he said on the new BC we do not retorque head gaskets the gaskets do not require it the guy next to him said retorque them? Go on line and look at head gaskets for cars most say do not need retorquing? The material they use for new HG have changed. Its easy to say if the dealer is reputable they will give you good info. Sure at my cost if it is wrong. When I was at Caddillac in the 70's we were at the zone office talking about the new model in the winter. I asked what to do if they do not start, the GM instructor said the possibility of the new Caddilac model not starting in cold weather is so remote we will not waste time talking about it. I said we have 9 on the lot yeterday we cannot start so you need to come and tell the cars that! I like to see things in writing, there has to be a policy for this in a new manual some where. I know the old shop manuals say retorque but thats a 20-30 year old book.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jp8775, post: 129453, member: 20329"] I went on the web and searched head gasket retorque. What I posted was above was al,ost word for word from the article and Ifound several. I am not saying I will not retorque my heads just that I am exploring the theory. As for a good dealer will give good info, I have found that to be very schetchy. Especially with these old bobcats. They are just replacing the engines with rebuilt more and more. I asked a mechanic about this last year and he said on the new BC we do not retorque head gaskets the gaskets do not require it the guy next to him said retorque them? Go on line and look at head gaskets for cars most say do not need retorquing? The material they use for new HG have changed. Its easy to say if the dealer is reputable they will give you good info. Sure at my cost if it is wrong. When I was at Caddillac in the 70's we were at the zone office talking about the new model in the winter. I asked what to do if they do not start, the GM instructor said the possibility of the new Caddilac model not starting in cold weather is so remote we will not waste time talking about it. I said we have 9 on the lot yeterday we cannot start so you need to come and tell the cars that! I like to see things in writing, there has to be a policy for this in a new manual some where. I know the old shop manuals say retorque but thats a 20-30 year old book. [/QUOTE]
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