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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Torque specs for oil cooler: John Muir also says merely to tighten, adding "... keeping the cooler as even as possible." The idea seems to be that the pressure on the inlet and outlet gaskets should be about even. We would prefer not to have one of them blow out under load. ... which also would be why we are asked always to get new gaskets for the oil cooler. (I know a lot of us don't, unless they come with a gasket kit we have purchased to do an engine or head job.) In my case, the Bentley is right where I put it four years ago, along with the John Muir, the Drake, and the Haynes, but I wasn't sure where that was when I first read Sue's question! My sense of uprightness in the world would call on me to place the writing side of the gasket up or out, depending on the location of the gasket. That would be in the direction of the nuts I will be tightening (down in the case of the sump plate gasket). But I have to confess that I have no engineering argument for placement in either direction. Gene Just a guy, after all. ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>