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Re: Cylinder Head Gasket



At 09:00 04/09/99 PDT, Joshua Strait wrote:
 How should I go about cleaning out the 
>threads? Can I just use a new head bolt to chase the threads or do I 
>need an actual tap to do it?  
	Be careful using a bolt to clean the threads. If there's oil in the hole
it can strip threads due to hydraulic pressure. A thread tap has a set of
relief cuts the length of the tap and avoids this prob. Definitely follow
Bentley's torquing(sp?) order. 
Gerry

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