Thread: Head gasket?
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Old 11-14-2020, 04:00 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C View Post
... As for increasing the torque greater than 55 pound, (-or insert any number over 50 pounds) you really do not receive any more clamping force that is beneficial.

Guten Abend Brent,


I didn't understand everything correctly because of the foreign language. But if a newly ground C-head still seeps a little past the composite seal, then a stronger torque must cause a higher pressure = joint tightness?
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