I will tell you the following so you won't repeat my mistake.
Before using the impact gun cycling between forward and reverse to get the pulley nut off, we tried the rope in the bore method to apply torque to the nut. I knew we had put too much torque on the pulley nut when we started to bend our breaker bar (a huge 3/4" drive Craftsman bar). I had a gut feeling something was going to have been damaged.
So... after we got the front plate on I did a leak down test. First I went to #1 since we didn't touch it. I got about a 10-15% leak. Meh. Then I moved the connection to #4. No pressure and all the air going into the block (no audible intake or exhaust leakage).
Tomorrow I will do a couple of screening tests and then the head will come off. I have not been into the top of this engine so I don't know what to expect. I hope I have not shattered a piston and that maybe all I have done is unseat the head gasket by stretching or breaking a head stud. More details will follow in a new thread once I know what lies ahead.
I hope others will learn from my mistake and if they choose to use the rope trick, keep the torque applied to sane values.
Doug L.
--Previous Message--
: If a chunk of oil-soaked gasket came out,
: you sure have found the source of the
: leak.
: Straighten and align the sealing block,
: seal everything well, and it'll be
: fine.
: Glen
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