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Old 09-09-2004, 12:49 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The Rusty Gear
Like it says, I had the HG done, but the bolts were not replaced. From what I've heard, this is common. If the bolts were torqued properly, this means that I should be fine ie under normal driving I should not blow the gasket again for another 160k?
I did not replace them on the full rebuild, but I did make sure they went back to the same location. From what the haynes repair manual claimed, you shouldn't replace them. I asked a mechanic about this and he said the same thing because the the threads already work together fine so why risk putting in a different thread? Seemed logical enough for me.
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