Blue Surf,

Mccan is pretty much right on. To put it another way, if you drive up in a diesel and nobody really notices, that's normal. When you drive up and they ask. "What's wrong with your car"? That is nailing.

Mccan,

Don't be overcome by the special gage and cracking pressures etc. Remember my friend the farmer. Just take them apart, clean them and reassemble them. This is one of the few places I observe torque specs. I also torque head gaskets, steering box bolts, valve bodies, and brake calipers. This procedure is not by the book, but it will probably work fine. I don't mean to undermine procedures followed by professional mechanics. They follow accepted proceedures to insure the client has no problems after the service. Let's face it we're cobnobbing here to save money so it's ok. Go for it.

Good luck,
Peter

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