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Head Bolt torque 130 or 158 lbs on the LDT 465

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After replacing my head gaskets i torqued them to 158 ft/lbs because thats what the instructions that came with the gasket said to do.
Later i found in a manual for the LDT that the torque is only 130 lbs. I think that maybe the 158 spec is for another engine that uses the same head gasket?
so should i just leave it torqued at 158 or should i loosen and retorque at 130?
 

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Westech

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Im doing my head gaskets as we speak and it goes like so... 1st time round torque all to 110 foot pounds, 2ed time to 130 foot pounds, 3ed time to 157 foot pounds and 4th time to the same 157 foot pounds. so you should be good to go. Ive heard of guys retorquing after 100 miles or so, but if you do so it must be cold!!! let it sit over night first.
 
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