Damn! Forgot to put washers on head bolts! Need some advice.

[Jim Green]

--- Konstantin Bogach
<konstantin.bogach at morganstanley.com> wrote:
> I was looking today at the head illustration in ETKA
> (installed on my PC
> at work) when it srtuck me that I forgot to put damn
> washers on head
> bolt when replaced a head couple weeks ago.  I was
> installing the head
> with EM,IM and turbo by myself only, no assistant.
> You can imagine how I
> was preoccupied!  I was so happy that I alligned the
> head that I just
> dropped bolts from the box ritght into the holes....
> forgot washers in
> other words. Car was not driven yet.  Here are
> question arisen:
>
> - can I remove and put back head bolts one by one?
> Or I need to slacken
> them all according to the procedure, place washers
> and torque back
> according to the same procedure?
>
> - can I reuse bolts if the engine never got warm yet
> and they are
> torqued 2 weeks ago?  I know that they stretch but I
> am not sure that it
> happen at the moment they are torqued.

Are you sure?  All the OEM head bolts I've seen have
the washers on there in a way that they can't be taken
off.  If not then I'd spend the money and replace
them.  You don't want to risk them stretching, plus it
will let you sleep better at night.

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq EFI
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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