im doing me head gasket today and need thw torque and degree settings for the pd150 head bolts i have bought please thanks for any help given

OK, you undo it in sequence, top left = 1, bottom right = 2, bottom left = 3, top right = 4, and so on until you reach the middle

For doing up, you reverse this, so 1 = middle bottom, 2 = middle top, 3 = bottom one to the right of middle, 4 = top one to the left of middle, until you reach the outside.

Its a 4 stage process. Firstly all done up to 40Nm, then done up to 60Nm, then with a rigid wrench, do two processes of 90 degrees, so after the two stages, each one is 180 degrees further round than when done up to 60Nm. Its gets tough for that last turn.

brilliant mate thankyou very much for that

also what the rule of thumb around once done driving wise as i know scoobies through out but these are new ball game.

usually 500 mile before you drive hard

is there any particular rules around fabias

Edited 6 April, 201313 yr by Big deano

For a head change there isn't really much to bed in. Try to apply some of that red gunk you use to replace oil for the first 30 seconds or so of running. I forget what it is called. Just helps to prevent wear before the engine has pushed oil round enough. Once oil has circulated, no need to be gentle, and its not like a piston ring rebuild.

result also noticed it was a tooth out on the belt cant believe a SKODA DEALER dopne the belt like this i think it may well be worth a complaont monday