You will not stop external coolant leaks by re-torque the heads.
Sometimes you can get lucky and stop or slow internal leaks by
re-tourqing. It should be noted that if the head nuts are loosing
torque, they were either not installed correctly or they are getting
ready to fail. They don't vibrate loose.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of DaveC
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: WBX head re-torque?

I want to see if I can easily stop a head gasket coolant leak on a
'86 2.1L WBX engine before I buy it from a friend. Don't want to
invest in a Bently until (unless) I buy it.

Torque hot or cold? How many lbs-ft? What pattern?

If someone could e-mail me the pattern

     1   3   5
     4   2   6

or something like this, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Dave
--
Dave Carpenter

Whatever you wish for me,
May you have twice as much.