Cylinder head bolts: to replace or not to replace?

[Huw Powell]

> I'm doing my first cylinder head rebuild (on a 5-cyl) and would like
> to know what to do about these bolts.  I'v always thought they should
> be replaced because of stretch but Bentley does not mention a thing
> about it.  Can I reuse them?  Should I reuse them?

They are stretch bolts, and supposedly they can be re-used *once*.

Trouble is, unless you installed them, you don't know if they've been 
re-used already.  So the recommendation would be to get new ones.

-- 
Huw Powell

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