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On 16 Jun 2003 at 6:38, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > not to stand up for GEX or anything, but I believe any rebuilt or new engine > needs to have the heads re-torqued after a certain mileage(anywhere from 500 > to 5000? I am not sure) Only on engines with certain kinds of head gaskets, which would crush and take a set in use. Our heads have no gasket. Since it is a metal-to-metal seal there's nothing which should crush and change. VW has never recommended any retorquing. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org