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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: JC on 04 April 2008, 19:39
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rocker cover ( or wotever haynes call it these days :rolleyes: )
what torque are the bolts meant to be and are they tightened up in any order ????
mega thanks in advance :cool:
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I tend to tighten them all so there just starting to nip the gasket then give them all another 1-2 turns starting from the middle outwards. You don't want them to tight. run it up until warm and see if its leaking, tighten if needed.
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i do it top left, bottom right, bottom left, top right, and work my way inwards like that, but i alsway make sure they are not very tight, then once all of them are in, i tighten them a bit more in the same order.
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Work out or across but not in :nerd: just good pratice :wink:
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The valve cover of a 8v and 16v is 10nm of torque. No tightening order as such, it says to just do them "evenly".
My torque wrench doesn't go that low so i just gave mine a "strong nip".
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cheers all - conker - spot on - VALVE COVER in the haynes :rolleyes:
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My torque wrench doesn't go that low so i just gave mine a "strong nip".
Same here. By "strong nip" do you mean "tight but not as tight as you can"? :undecided:
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Same here. By "strong nip" do you mean "tight but not as tight as you can"? :undecided:
I mean turn until the nut starts to grip, then prob about another 45 degrees of turn or so.
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I tend to tighten them all so there just starting to nip the gasket then give them all another 1-2 turns starting from the middle outwards. You don't want them to tight. run it up until warm and see if its leaking, tighten if needed.
:rolleyes: :wink: :smiley: