Vent: I used to think you could just eyeball the torque on a head gasket job

Honestly, I fought with a 6.7 Powerstroke for three days last month because I kept getting a coolant leak after a head gasket swap. My old boss always said 'tight is tight' and I never used a torque wrench on the final passes. A guy at the parts counter in Billings finally asked if I'd torqued it in the right order with a calibrated wrench. I borrowed a Snap-on tech wrench, followed the factory steps exactly, and the leak stopped cold. How many of you actually follow the full torque sequence every single time?

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iris_dixon916d ago

My uncle's "good enough" method on his old farm truck led to a head gasket that lasted exactly 37 miles. I learned the hard way that factory specs are written in the tears of people who tried to skip them. That Powerstroke story is giving me flashbacks to a weekend I'll never get back. Some lessons just have to be bought with your own time and frustration.

piperf416d ago

Wait, only 37 miles, @iris_dixon91? That's brutal.