So button her up and ride, right? When I did my left side head gasket repair, I got to the rocker carrier and I usually just snug the six bolts up. Since the torque wrench was out, I figured, what the heck, let's see how close my torque guesses were to the specs. I was shocked --I know you guys are not shocked, I was shocked how much tighter the torque took them in. I'm guessing close to a full turn. So on the right side, I torqued them down too. Put the valve cover on and then asked myself if I should check valve clearances or not?? The motor was warm and the temp was right, and the Harley's kept riding by, saying, "Come out and play." I decide to crank it over by hand and fire it up. I fired it up and it ran kind of rough. I took it for a ride-it was brief. Power was down. I figured maybe my belt was a tooth off. It wasn't, so I waited 'till this morning to check valve clearance. By torquing the carrier down to proper setting, I had closed the valve gap to almost nothing. A quick valve adjust and was good.
So out for a cruise. All's good until my overflow starting spewing. I was afraid of a head gasket leak. Coolant was down about half a quart. I decided to check the pump- it was fine- no play. So next I decided to check the thermostat. In a saucepan, it opened, slowly. When open, I could see it was rubbing on one side. This was at 5:45 and no one here has one. So I put it back together with no thermostat. It then ran like a top. The fan cycled on and off.
Pic of wear marks on thermostat:
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