torque setting...?

[Mk1'SR'Dan]

does anyone know the torque setting i need for C14SE head bolts?

Cheers peeps!

[Southie]

Stage 1 25nm ( 18 ibf ) then 3 lots of 60 degrees.

[Spudly]

FT is all you need dude lol

[Sloth]

dont tell him that ffs, we will have 40 "whys my head gasket popped..." threads....

[alan b]

you dont need new bolts either!

[mowgli]

look in this thread.

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134159&highlight=torque

[blue_peg_16v]

im wi spud ft

[comptoncj]

3 seconds on an air gun :P I have actually seen someone do that before :o

[Mk1'SR'Dan]

dont tell him that ffs, we will have 40 "whys my head gasket popped..." threads....


Cheers for that sloth, im not a complete elbow biter! ive done head gaskets before, im just used to a 13N engine, and not having a mk3 astra im not likely to have the haynes manual for one...! trouble i have is, my torque wrenches lowest setting is 28 Nm.... which is w*nk.

[Southie]

FT is all you need dude lol
Quoted from the Haynes manual as I ain't a mechanic :p

[Mk1'SR'Dan]

nice one southie, god knows what im going to do about a torque wrench, mine wont go low enough...

[Jon_nova1]

Cheers for that sloth, im not a complete elbow biter! ive done head gaskets before, im just used to a 13N engine, and not having a mk3 astra im not likely to have the haynes manual for one...! trouble i have is, my torque wrenches lowest setting is 28 Nm.... which is w*nk.

yep, mines the same £15 torque wrench, i just set it just belowlol torque settings should be written on the leaflet you get with the hg set anyway

[Mk1'SR'Dan]

ive been jammy there, the engine is out, ive built a timber frame/stand for it and used some strips of metal bolted onto the manifold studs to hold the head down to avoid having to take the head right off because i only needed to change the cam box, all done now, just got to torque it down, so, i should just set the wrench as low as it'll go? and then do the same 60, 60, 30?

[Mk1'SR'Dan]

could do with the setting for the flywheel bolts too... mission.

[johnny_turbo]

35nm then tighten 30 deg and then a further 15 deg

[Mk1'SR'Dan]

looking like its going to be worth it though...


http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy254/Mk1NovaDan/Image038.jpg

[Mk1'SR'Dan]

35nm then tighten 30 deg and then a further 15 deg

nice one mate, i dont suppose you know if theres anything i can do about the problem ive got with the head bolts do you? someones said25 Nm but my sh1te torque wrench only goes as low as 28Nm...?

[Jon_nova1]

dude, just set it slightly below 28NM, but not so much the adjusters slack, its what i did! its either that or get one that reads 25NM

[Mk1'SR'Dan]

cheers jon, do i still do the same 60, 60, 30 afterwards? or do i need to adjust that to make up for the difference of 3Nm? i just really dont want to get it all built up and then blow the head gasket after a week thats all...

[Mk1'SR'Dan]

all done, got my torque wrench down to 27Nm just about, and did the 60,60,30, hopefully it'll be alright...

[Aragorn]

Amusingly this topic is how i ended up back on here, i was looking it out for a mate:

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19951

[Southie]

/\/\/\/\/\ That's an old thread. Have you done it yet lol

[Jon_nova1]

yep, will be fine, i've done the same on a few cars, a couple of nm won't make much difference, chances are each hole would use difference amounts of torque to get perfection anyway

[Mk1'SR'Dan]

nice one jon, was contemplating getting an engine crane today but no-ones about to help me get the engine down the stairs...!

[Aragorn]

Southie: Aye, the engine ran perfectly too, then was removed when i fitted the 16xe, sat in my garage for over a year, then was converted back to SR spec and fitted with a spi inlet manifold and installed in my mk3 Astra.