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On 15 Jun 2003 at 22:59, Hal Sullivan wrote: > I was checking out that dreaded "loose head" noise this afternoon on > my Fastback. I found four loose on one head .. all lower. I haven't > *done* anything yet, because I'm not sure of a few things: 4 is a LOT. It makes me worry more that the uppers are also loose. > 1) Should I loosen all the nuts and retorque to spec with the proper > torquing pattern? Or would it be okay to just retorque the four that > are loose working from the inside of the head to the outside? It's worth a try. Retorque them and see if it runs better. You may also be able to remove the small side plate that surrounds the SP wires and get access to 2 of the upper nuts. If you find them to be loose also, I think you'd be better off biting the bullet and removing the tin and doing all 8. It's a pain, but it CAN be done in the car. > 2) Is this a "definate" sign of studs pulling? Or is it possible > that the nuts worked loose and just need to be retorqued. Both are possible. You'll know as soon as you try to retorque. Do the easy, bottom ones first, so that if they are pulling out, at least you haven't also put yourself thru the trouble of taking off the upper shrouding in the car. > 3) If it turns out to be studs pulling, does anyone have at least > a "guesstimate" of how long those repair stud things typically > last? Just a guess, 3 to 6 months. Zero months is also quite possible. It's completely dependent on driving conditions. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org