Ok I am reassembling my engine. I just put on the intake manifold and torqued it down. I torqued it to 25* and the bolts feel kinda loose. When I torque them they feel like they still want to go more. I know thats kinda vague but Im just worried. What do you guys think?

 

Make sure you keep going over them until theyre all truely at torque.

 

i torqued mine to 22lb and snaped two bolts lol.

but i have the cheap *** typhoon intake.

 

Torque them down to specs, run it ( I would run it for a couple of days), then re-torque them again. That should do it.

 

I torque mine at 22lb and after 100 miles or so retorqued them and usually they were good but I recheck at around 500 miles just to be safe.

 

This is from my 1989 FORD Shop Manual

Intake Manifold lower


Tightening Sequence

 

Hope you used some clean 30wt. oil on the threads....

 

Thanks almost stock thats some good info. Im just the guy who never used to torque things to spec and cranked bolts down. And it never failed me and now im grown up and do things correctly...and im still getting used to it!lol

 

Ditch the old bolts buy some stainless steel put anti-seize on them. Will look better and no breaks.