Volks,
I too am nervous 4k mi. into my Go-Westy 2.2L.  It has always been my
belief that you should re-torque the heads, but when I questioned
Go-Westy about this topic I was told it was unnecessary. 
Stephen DeMocko
('85 Westy Luci)

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Chase [mailto:roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM] 
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 1:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Head Retorquing On New Engine

Richard,

I totally agree.

In the case of my AVP ... we did check these at installation.

All seemed fine.

But 10,000 - 12,000 miles later 9 were loose enough to cause combustions
gasses to

 leak into the coolant.

larry chase

roadhaus.com

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On Fri Jan 27 14:17 , Richard A Jones  sent:

>

>I'd suggest that ALL rebuilds be checked before

>installation, not just AVP.  My '81 aircooled has

>an engine from an east coast rebuilder and it

>had some through-bolts that were not torqued

>properly and later the heads act as if they are not

>torqued.  It leaks coolant when warming up, but

>that coolant isn't an issue.  ;-)

>

>I would check all the engine and head bolts before

>putting an engine in.  It would be worth the

>small extra cost compared to later.  (The aircooled

>has all that tin in the way after installation.)

>

>                       Richard A Jones

>                       Boulder, Colorado

>