The torque wrench was in inch lbs and not foot lbs! We made the conversion, reassembled the engine and it worked fine. And there was the problem in the fine print. We tore the top of the engine down again and after more head scratching we finally examined the torque wrench more closely. Not surprisingly, when we started the engine, coolant immediately began gushing out between the cylinder head and block. After going back and forth and not being able to figure it out, we decided to move forward with the re-assembly. We were confused since it seemed that those bolts did not feel like they were tight enough. We disassembled the top half of the engine, cleaned off the old head gasket material, installed the new gasket, reassembled the cylinder head and finally tightened the cylinder head bolts with a torque wrench. That was the first significant work either of us had performed on our vehicles. The head gasket was leaking so a buddy and I decided to replace it. Needville Bluejay Bands "A Concert of Cars"īack in the mid-1980s, I owned a 1972 Toyota Corona wagon. Need goody bag items and a gift certificate for your show? RockAuto can help! Email for more information.
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