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Re: re-torqing cylinder heads hot???

To: tedtsimx@bright.net (Ted Schumacher), rjhmile@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: re-torqing cylinder heads hot???
From: Herald948@aol.com
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 09:36:53 -0500
In a message dated 3/2/2004 8:22:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
tedtsimx@bright.net writes:

> Ryan, it depends ont eh gasket.  SOme of the composition gaskets say 
> "retorque immediately upon ot"  while others, such as copper, are done 
> cold.  Ted

OK, this leads me to an admittedly somewhat naive question. If one, under the 
proper circumstances, retorques the head while hot, does one still then wait 
until the engine cools before resetting the valve clearances?

Just wondering....

--Andy Mace

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