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02 Calif. Head Torque Specs

Rugar

Rugar

Cruisin' Guzzisti
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I'm starting to get a very small amount of oil on the right bank fins of my 02 Calif.. It looks like its coming from the head gasket. It only has 15,000 miles on it, and to my knowledge the heads have never been re-torqued. I bought it with 3,000 miles on it, and pretty sure it had never been serviced until I got it.
What should the heads be torqued to?
Thanks
 
john zibell said:
On advice from MGNA, I use 35 lb-ft. Is it on the fins above or below the head gasket?
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I can see a very small amount of oil along the edge of the head gasket itself. The bottom fin of the head itself, and the top fin of the jug where the two come together are darkened where the oil was cooked from heat. It actually has less oil on it now then when I first seen it happening after a desert run to Laughlin. Seems to do it more when the engine gets really hot after a long run in the heat.

I will try to take a picture of it.
 
I couldnt get a picture to come out showing between the fins.


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