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hi just need some advise on doing a rocker cover gasket seal on my 318 cab, does any one know the torque settings for the bolts when putting the rocker cover back on? many thanks shai

Oki-koki

Just looked it up and it says that it depends on what size of bolt/nut is used...
M6 thread (10mm head) is 10 N:m
M7 and 8 (7=dunno probably 12mm 8=13mm head) 15 N:m

On your M40 engine it will probably be the M6, and a torque wrench for that kind of torque won't be cheap so i would just nip them + a little.

1 N:m is about 100 grams of pressure on a 1 meter bar = 1Kg on a 10cm bar like a 1/4" ratchet, pick up a 1Kg tub of butter or 1 litre bottle of water to get an idea of what that feels like

I hope that's of some use

thank you very much i should have told you the year it is a 1991 is that right?

nice car there matey in your sig; is that yours!

Moving this one to the tech section.

BTW, could you reduce the size of your avatar please.

cheers mate yeah thats my car

Hi Simon dont mean to sound rude but why is it that you want me to reduce my picture?

shai wrote:Hi Simon dont mean to sound rude but why is it that you want me to reduce my picture?

Because it's too big!

Shai,

you may find it easier to put it under your posts; such as simon the mod has done and I; than to put it on the left of the screen; as it pushes all the page over!

do you know how to do that?

Shai, your avatar has been removed, please reduce the size before reinstating.

hi simon sorry about that i am new to the forum but will sort it out.