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Retired Wrencher

I read earlier this morning about double torquing your head after so many hours. I was shock at how off it was. I set them at thirty pounds. We will see how this works out. First time doing this. I just never thought of doing this. 

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ri702bill

That is the primary reason for head gasket failure after a repair. Each time the engine gets up to temp & then bsck to cold, the head gasket compresses a bit more. The Kohler manual tells you to repeat "as necessary" with no definative number... 

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