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| sweathappens |
 Mar 15 2012, 03:55 PM
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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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sweathappens Loose Heads Mar 15 2012, 03:55 PM
brant my mechanic recommended a retorque of ALL of the h... Mar 15 2012, 04:11 PM
Marty Yeoman
-or you can drill the tin work (and use plugs to ... Mar 16 2012, 11:41 AM rwilner did the factory use head gaskets? Mar 16 2012, 01:13 PM sweathappens Do I need head gaskets? Mar 15 2012, 05:11 PM Dr Evil Nope, no need for head gaskets. Mar 15 2012, 06:28 PM Cap'n Krusty
Nope, no need for head gaskets.
.............say... Mar 16 2012, 10:29 PM ClayPerrine
Nope, no need for head gaskets.
.............sa... Mar 17 2012, 06:56 AM HAM Inc Not only do you not need gaskets, you don't wa... Mar 15 2012, 06:52 PM Thestigz06
Not only do you not need gaskets, you don't w... Mar 15 2012, 07:25 PM Elliot Cannon :popcorn: Mar 15 2012, 07:34 PM ClayPerrine You will find a substantial difference of opinion ... Mar 16 2012, 10:35 AM brant And one of the poster's in this thread runs a ... Mar 16 2012, 11:02 AM Dave_Darling Yes, the factory used laminated metal gaskets.
HA... Mar 16 2012, 02:15 PM worn [quote name='Dave_Darling' date='M Fr... Mar 16 2012, 02:38 PM sweathappens I'm still confused but rather than disassemble... Mar 16 2012, 05:00 PM brant only doing half of the job is what probably caused... Mar 16 2012, 07:33 PM euro911 I wished I would have read this before final assem... Mar 16 2012, 09:01 PM brant I didn't take pictures this time around
motor ... Mar 16 2012, 09:45 PM Dr Evil Dont be an asshole, John. I have heard from Raby, ... Mar 16 2012, 11:18 PM hot_shoe914 Well, I have only built one so far so my opinion i... Mar 17 2012, 08:05 AM Bartlett 914 I would suspect that something is no longer square... Mar 17 2012, 09:15 AM  |
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