I have never torqued a Healey head, but all others were a heck of a
lot more torque than 10.5 Nm. They were more like 100-120 Nm.
Olin Brimberry
61 3000 MKII
BT7 Sideshifter TriCarb
healey@hunterbane.com
www.hunterbane.com
On Dec 10, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Dirk Maier wrote:
> Hey listers,
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> I have a few problems with the cylinder head of my 3000 engine.
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> In summer I rebuild the head by renewing the valves / guides and the
> surface
> was grinded.
>
> But it turned out after a few kilometers around 600-700, that oil
> was in the
> cooling water and then I tightened the cylinder head after about
> 1000km.
> But that didnt have any effect, the amount of oil in the water was
> actually
> increasing.
> So I removed the head again and I gave it to an engine shop to put the
> cooling ports under pressure, but it did stand the pressure. I
> thought is
> probably due to the sealing or assembly.
> I brought a new set of seals and reassembled them, but there was
> still oil
> in the water. I torque down the head with 3 / 6 / 8 / 10.5 Nm here in
> several stages.
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>
> Do you have any suggestions what I could do to solve this problem?
> Thank you
> in advance.
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>
>
> Regards
>
> Dirk
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> Siegburg, Germany
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