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Subject:Re: 2.1 wbx Compression Test
From:Frank Condelli
Date:Fri, 5 May 2017 04:55:01 -0400

You cannot re-torque the head bolts on the waterboxer engine.  Doing so breaks the seal between the head nut flange and the head and coolant leaks will begin.  Have we not been over this on this forum a million times ?

> On May 4, 2017, at 10:59 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
> 
> I retorqued the heads to no avail and wish I'd just torn down the engine lon=
> g before.

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