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Originally Posted by fastfredracing
Did you oil under the head of the bolt or washer?
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No, but would not be a bad idea. These bolts do not have washers, they are just shoulder bolts. The spec is for lightly oiled threads and it’s always worked well on final torque until now.
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Originally Posted by A930Rocket
It would suck, but I’m leaning towards removing all bolts and reinstalling them per the manual. That would mean new head gaskets as well.
Otherwise, it would always be on my mind if I was going to have a problem down the road.
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If I thought that the torque was way off, I’d be with you. Head gaskets are not that expensive. The thing is, everything was fine up through the 85 lb. sequence, so they are all close. I’m just trying to be precise, as we all should w engine assembly.
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Originally Posted by David
We had a Loctite rep give a presentation years ago showing proper use. He had a clear plexiglass block with a threaded blind hole. He put loctite on a bolt and threaded it into the hole. Virtually no loctite entered the hole since the air already in the hole kept it out. Lesson was: put the loctite or oil into the hole and not on the fastener.
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Completely understand this but the “lightly oiled threads” means that the threads are just wet w oil going in. You would not want excessive oil in hole, that could really change torque accuracy.
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Originally Posted by fastfredracing
Also, I think you are worried about nothing. You do not hear of 7.3' spitting out their head gaskets very often .
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True. It’s an over-engineered situation if there ever was. 18 large bolts holding down a 100 lb. slab of iron.
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Originally Posted by NY65912
I just spoke with a certified tech that has done dozens of 7.3s.
He said that taking 1 bolt at a time is OK to do, he would. But, that you would problably be OK if you did not.
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Thanks a lot. I know that removing one at a time doesn’t change anything wrt clamping of the other 17 and probably will for peace of mind. Thanks, all.
