diesel head bolts

rover75lover

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• Jul 17, 2015

• #1

Does one have to use new stretch type bolts when replacing the head gasket on a p 38 diesel 1995 or can one get away with reusing the old ones if cleaned off and torqued down all equal as tight as You Know What?

 

Bix

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• Jul 17, 2015

• #2

Only ever use stretch bolts once. Once they have been used they cannot be tightened down properly ever again and potentially could fail/snap.

 

Saint.V8

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• Jul 17, 2015

• #3

I'd always advocate new bolts...and stretch bolts can only be used once!