Ooooopps, yes I did! News to me they had be de-torqued in a specific pattern! What damage have I done? It was the head nuts on my spare that weren't torqued very tight, the ones on the head in the van were very tight. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> You need a thin wall 17mm socket. Now please don't tell me you
> loosened and removed all the nuts except for an end corner! Head
> especially on Waterboxers have to be de-torqued just the same as they
> have to be torqued down. If they were somewhat loose than either they
> were not properly installed or the engine was over heated to the point
> the studs stretched and they are now garbage. The head (and even the
> case) may also warped and twisted. This will show up as internal leaks
> with combustion gasses getting into the coolant system.
> Dennis
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of J Stewart
> Sent: Sunday, February 9, 2014 5:59 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Yet Another Head Pullin' Question.
> OK, just the other night I pulled a head off my "spare " 1.9 motor,
> and I can't for the life of me remember how I got the lower rearmost
> head nut off. Now the scary part was, on the spare the head nuts were
> not really tight, the ones on my 1.9 thats IN the van are. They are
> all out except that one, I cannot get a socket on it. TIA, Jeff
> Jeff Stewart