Glamis400ex
02-12-2004, 06:18 PM
Hi guys,
I got back from Glamis a few days ago, and was outside just about to clean her up when I noticed what seemed to be a small oil leak at the exhaust stud nut, right in front of the plug.
I removed all the plastic and heat shield to get a better look. This what I saw: The rocker cover is tight, no leak, but looking at the exhaust stud, it's covered in oil and now sand is stuck to it. The head gasket is completely 100% tight...no leaks. Is it possible that that nut backed off a 1/2 turn or so? I got out my torque wrench and set it at 30 ft. lbs. it turned like 1/3rd turn then popped. I then set the torque wrench to 32 and it popped without turning the nut.
I do have the FDO Racing HD stud kit and all seems to be tight. AGAIN, the head gasket is 100% tight, no breech, but the nut in front of the plug has oil on it.
I didn't do any damage by tightening a 1/3rd turn did I?
Any help...
Glamis
I got back from Glamis a few days ago, and was outside just about to clean her up when I noticed what seemed to be a small oil leak at the exhaust stud nut, right in front of the plug.
I removed all the plastic and heat shield to get a better look. This what I saw: The rocker cover is tight, no leak, but looking at the exhaust stud, it's covered in oil and now sand is stuck to it. The head gasket is completely 100% tight...no leaks. Is it possible that that nut backed off a 1/2 turn or so? I got out my torque wrench and set it at 30 ft. lbs. it turned like 1/3rd turn then popped. I then set the torque wrench to 32 and it popped without turning the nut.
I do have the FDO Racing HD stud kit and all seems to be tight. AGAIN, the head gasket is 100% tight, no breech, but the nut in front of the plug has oil on it.
I didn't do any damage by tightening a 1/3rd turn did I?
Any help...
Glamis