'89 780 - blowing headgaskets
 

New guy here. I have an '89 780 Bertone with a B230F 4cyl turbo over 200K. I love the car but this will be the third head gasket in about a year and a half. WHY? All work was done correctly and the head was torn down and rebuilt by a professional who said the head was not damaged or warped. Will be going with an Elring set from FCP this time. Hoping you guys can help me troubleshoot.

RE: '89 780 - blowing headgaskets
 

Sounds like something in the cooling system isn't working properly.

RE: '89 780 - blowing headgaskets
 

New water pump, fairly new radiator. Temp would go half way and no more after second HG. Would a bad turbo blow gaskets? What about torquing? Manual says to torque 3 times - the last time all bolts go 90 degrees. I snapped one doing this so only torqued to about 100. One thing I did not do is retorque. Tried that last week (after gasket blew) and 2 or 3 were a tad loose.

RE: '89 780 - blowing headgaskets
 

You need to follow the torque specs to make sure it doesn't blow. If you have a problem with them breaking then buy new headbolts.

Always buy new head bolts after removing them. they have a "stretch" tolerance and truly can be torqued once. I've replaced a many heads on many different makes and models. All had new bolts and no returns.