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Originally Posted by JRZEE2000TR4LTD
Multiple issues could be occurring. Your gaskets (and bolt washer seals) have lost their pliability and or are shrinking. In your case, since you just did the VC gaskets, new bolt washer seals are definitely in order. These 2 things are what are "pushing back" on the bolts, kind of like a lock washer. With the 50 something inch pounds of torque the factory calls for, it wouldn't take much to make them loosen up again. In this case, if you have no leaks, you could use some BLUE loctite on the bolts.
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I did new bolt washer seals when doing the VC job.
Looking like loctite might be the fix.
