Guys,
So TIFU... I torqued the head bolts with a faulty torque wrench. There was a very faint clicking, so some of the bolts got torqued unevenly for the final pass (using ARP studs). I tried to fix the issue by unbolting in the sequence provided by the BGB, and retorqued with with a different unit, and now I have all bolts at 65 ft-lbs. However, I'm using a brand new OEM headgasket (graphite). I searched on here and mr2 forums, and some users said that once the head gasket is compressed it cannot be reused. Is this true? If, so now I'm here with this $70 dollar mistake. I can get a felpro gasket locally for $49 bucks, but I unsure of the quality.
Thanks in advance, any advice welcomed.
-Adrian
So TIFU... I torqued the head bolts with a faulty torque wrench. There was a very faint clicking, so some of the bolts got torqued unevenly for the final pass (using ARP studs). I tried to fix the issue by unbolting in the sequence provided by the BGB, and retorqued with with a different unit, and now I have all bolts at 65 ft-lbs. However, I'm using a brand new OEM headgasket (graphite). I searched on here and mr2 forums, and some users said that once the head gasket is compressed it cannot be reused. Is this true? If, so now I'm here with this $70 dollar mistake. I can get a felpro gasket locally for $49 bucks, but I unsure of the quality.
Thanks in advance, any advice welcomed.
-Adrian