A broken cylinder head stud is the most dangerous aspect of retorqueing your
heads.  If your motor has quite a few miles on it, and if the head studs
have any corrosion (very possible), there is a good chance that one, or
more, will snap during the retorque.  It's not worth the risk unless you
know the condition of your head studs.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of lauterba
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 12:12 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Retorque 1.9L heads

Is there any danger in having the heads of my 1.9L engine professionally
retorqued?  I am hoping to minimize combustion gases going in to the coolant
and try to get another few months from the engine?

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
'84 7-passenger