I need help with two things friends. First, I read the directions on the torque specs for my head. I ended up at 90 ft. lbs. instead of Newton units. Should I back off the nuts of leave it alone? Second, I'm installing the oil cooler only to remember a page at arnnworx.com that the oil presssure relief valve needs to be lined up with care. Where do I get one of these tools?

 

arnnworx has the tool.

 

back off the head carefully until you get the correct torque. you may have to completely loosen everything, then try it again.

i believe i got my oil cooler alignment tool at www.paragon-products.com. it's just a big round bolt that screws in to help align the cooler with the block correctly.

 

Once the head gasket is compressed it probably isn't any good. I would go get another one and redo the procedure, it's not worth a $30 gasket to have to do the entire thing over from square one.

 

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Hmmm... I just didn't feel like I should leave the head bolts this tight. And yeah, the gasket is surely toasted. $30 lesson. Thanks guys.