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Originally Posted by cahme
I have plenty of excuses  , but it really just took a long time. I did plastigauge each one as well as a couple old ones, so I went through the torquing process about 14 times total. They were all very consistent and really close to the old ones. Best I could tell is they were all around .0018". The gauge had .0015 and .002 and the were all in between them.
I also broke one of the front oil pump bolts and wasted about 30min just to find my ez-out kit. I'm pretty sure my torque wrench is quite a bit off for the low end (4Nm) and I was already too tight to start the angle and it snapped just as I was hitting 45*.
I also decided now was a good time to change the spark plugs, so I performed the priming with the plugs out (and injectors disconnected) thinking it may give me a bit more flow since there was no compression; cranked it 4x @ 15 sec each and 45 sec cooling.
Good news is I made it fine on my 30mi round trip commute!
Bad news is while laying on my back for so long, I noticed a leak starting on the OFHG .... |
Outstanding...Congratulations! Your clearance is exactly what mine was...right between .0015 and .002. Glad to hear you're up and running again...here's to another 150K miles!