So I've finally got around to replacing the head gasket on my 1610 due to lots of bubbles and coolant filling the overflow bottle after about an hr use, white smoke and gas in the coolant.
Had the Head checked and resurfaced by a specialist company, Cleaned/Tapped all threads, bolts, (could tighten them by hand)
Torqued to 79ft.lb Warmed/Cooled, Torqued again (needed a bit) Gave it more of run and re torqued again (third time) but I was still getting a small amount of bubbles about one a second so I re-torqued to 80ft.lb and still getting some? Grabbed a different torque wrench from the local workshop that’s regularly calibrated and that clarified the torque was correct 80ft.lb (if not over)
What seems to happen is I get a few bubbles after a few minutes I then lift the rev’s and they clear, take it for a blast (about a mile full throttle) and they stop and don’t return? Not got it really hot yet or worked it.
Doesn’t seem like compression as I guess it would get worse as it get’s hotter and worked not better?
Do I just run it, do I need more torque or is it Something else? Aghhh!
Had the Head checked and resurfaced by a specialist company, Cleaned/Tapped all threads, bolts, (could tighten them by hand)
Torqued to 79ft.lb Warmed/Cooled, Torqued again (needed a bit) Gave it more of run and re torqued again (third time) but I was still getting a small amount of bubbles about one a second so I re-torqued to 80ft.lb and still getting some? Grabbed a different torque wrench from the local workshop that’s regularly calibrated and that clarified the torque was correct 80ft.lb (if not over)
What seems to happen is I get a few bubbles after a few minutes I then lift the rev’s and they clear, take it for a blast (about a mile full throttle) and they stop and don’t return? Not got it really hot yet or worked it.
Doesn’t seem like compression as I guess it would get worse as it get’s hotter and worked not better?
Do I just run it, do I need more torque or is it Something else? Aghhh!
