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Saab recommends a new one at each oil change...
Posted by zeke (more from zeke) on Thu, 22 Jul 2004 03:51:15
In Reply to: Why anneal the gasket?, John Rose, Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:42:44
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The washer work hardens w/each change/compression. As Aeroguy noted, the 18 ft-lbs translates to almost 40k lbs of induced preload on the bolthead. A few cycles of this and it's easy to understand why the soft copper hardens. Annealing it will bring it back to "dead soft".
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Posts in this Thread:
- Suggestions re: first time DIY oil change, NYSaab, Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:19:18
- One last question, without starting a controversy, NYSaab, Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:52:38
- Wow, thanks for the all the info everyone, NYSaab, Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:34:45
- Re: Suggestions (long), zeke, Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:33:24
- Good for you!, EricG, Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:32:52
- Left my Haynes manual at home and won't have it, NYSaab, Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:48:59
- A few tips ..., Urby, Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:35:40
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