Technical Punto mk2 b cooling system problem

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Technical Punto mk2 b cooling system problem

The book says 10Nm which means the special small torque thingy or you're just fooling yourself. Torqued fasteners have their place in high stressed applications like motor moving parts,hub nuts and so on but it's starting to spread like bacteria all over the car - knock sensor bolt, brake bleed screw. Give us a break. Ott imho.
Personally I use feel and the Mk 1 eyeball for parts like this. I've heard too many stories of water pump and stat threads stripped,crossed, not seated flat etc etc all with a torque thing at the back of it all. The can be too long and heavy for proper feel.
Clean the threads, check they all run the same-ish by hand and keep your eye on what's happening. Use the Force:)

nice one
i agree
 
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