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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 25-February 06 From: Prunedale Member No.: 5,636 ![]() |
Re: My 1974 2.0 914.
I have had this car since about 1990. a couple of years ago I needed to rebuild the engine. I bought a rebuilt motor and the heads came loose. I took it to a local mechanic to re torque the heads. He could only get to the bottom four bolts on each cylinder as I expected. He said they torqued but one of the studs felt funny and suggested I rebuild the motor. I let him do the rebuild and he said the heads felt fine now. They came loose again. He says he didn't use head gaskets as they were not needed. I want to get this thing running right again. Why are my heads coming loose? Do I need gaskets on this motor. Some mechanics I have talked to say I need head gaskets and others say no. It would be interesting and helpful for you guys to chime in on this subject. |
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only doing half of the job is what probably caused the problem
it will definitely not cure the problem once they have started to leak they will literally CUT out the aluminum material depending on how long they have already leaked they could have damaged the heads already.. I wouldn't even bother unless you are going to pull the tin work and try to retorque all of the bolts.... or take the heads off and see whats salvageable. but retorquing half of the head is NOT going to fix anything |
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