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Re: Re: OT--- Chevy Blazer
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Posted by GM mechanic on February 22, 2002 at 19:33:32 from (205.200.47.101):
In Reply to: Re: OT--- Chevy Blazer posted by Brokenwrench on February 21, 2002 at 14:02:12:
You can't retorque the intake on the later model chevy V-8s ('96 to old body style '99). The reason for this is because the style of intake gaskets (formed plastic with rubber seals) are torqued to a measly 11 ft-lbs. on installation. That's what they were designed to seal at. Retorquing would crush the plastic, squash out the seal, and you're back at square one. Probably this time with an internal leak.
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