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Offline aaron1980

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torque wrench settings, help please
« on: 30 June 2009, 20:42 »
Hi i am trying to find out the torque wrench settings for the cam bearing caps and head bolts on a 2.8 vr6 engine thanks for any help.  :grin:

Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: torque wrench settings, help please
« Reply #1 on: 30 June 2009, 22:11 »
Cam bearing caps are 15lb ft.
Head bolts, stage 1: 30 lb ft
                stage 2: 44 lb ft
                stage 3: 1/4 turn
                stage 4: 1/4 turn

Have fun  :grin:
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Offline aaron1980

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Re: torque wrench settings, help please
« Reply #2 on: 30 June 2009, 22:16 »
Thanks for that im going to start putting it back together on thursday  :undecided: i hope

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Re: torque wrench settings, help please
« Reply #3 on: 30 June 2009, 22:22 »
I hope you remember which bolts go where.
VR6 head gasket really is a nightmare  :laugh:
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Offline aaron1980

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Re: torque wrench settings, help please
« Reply #4 on: 30 June 2009, 22:28 »
i put all the bolts in a pice of card with holes in it so i know where the bolts go but the engeneer had the head for the best part of a week so im nott so sure about the rest of the bits  :laugh: