To retorque or not to retorque after 6K miles....

[IwantMKIII]

I've been doing some reading and never knew head bolts should be retorqued early into the break in period. Its been 6+K miles since my rebuild with new ARP (at the time of rebuild) everything. Is it a good idea to retorque after so many miles? I'm not positive what kind it is but all i know is its a 2.0mm metal HG in there.

 

[figgie]

Headbolts.. i would consider a retorque.

Headstuds, no need to.

Edit: Massive brainfart moment!

I am leaving my initial response just for sake of non partialism

Head studs do in fact require a re-torque. Heat cycling tend to settle stuff down......

 

[jdub]

I still re-torque the studs...just picky that way

 

[CyFi6]

Sorry to thread jack, but i did not want to make a whole new thread. Is it a good idea to re torque after just about 500-800 miles? I replaced the head gasket on my 7mge with a stock replacement and new Toyota oem head bolts about 5-800 miles ago. I did a re torque after 4 heat cycles, but should i do it again after this amount of time? I am mostly concerned because the head bolts are brand new and may have stretched a little bit. I was reading that it could be dangerous because you could get coolant under the sealing surfaces? Maybe that was only if you hadn't already done a re torque? Thanks for any clarification!

 

[TurboFreak]

Retorque, definitely. Why risk it?

 

[shaeff]

Retorquing is easy. My question would be: Why not?

 

[kingsupra]

should you have to retorque with used studs?

 

[black91turbo]

^^^^yes

 

[JDMDrift]

The safest way to find out if you should is * just do it * it can't hurt it as long as you don't keep going up in torque keep it to what you had it the first time, Hopefully not 54 ft-lbs

 

[CyFi6]

so even after 500-1000 miles, it is safe to do a re torque on a composite gasket?

 

[jdub]

Yes