Re: Head Bolts

[jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>]

it is necessary to change them sinmce there is somemovement thast
occurs...you can reuse arp head studs but stock ones need to be
replaced.....
jonas

Dave and Carol Ewing wrote:
> 
> Just a quick question:  Do you HAVE TO buy new head bolts for a 16v when
> doing the head gasket?  It is really hard to justify buying head bolts for
> $125+ when the whole motor didn't even cost me that.  I have reused the head
> bolts on an 8v before (don't know if they are torque to yield bolts or not)
> and didn't have any problems at all.  LMK!!! This is the only thing holding
> me up right now.  Oh, another quicky, what is the difference between the
> 1.8L head gasket and the 2.0L?  I bought the 1.8L headset and didn't
> realized that it is either reccomended or a must to use the 2.0L head
> gasket.  I also matched the 1.8L head gasket up to the 2.0L block and
> everything seemed to match up!  I was told that the stroke was what was
> changed to make it a 2.0L (I know the block is entirely different too but
> the bore I was told is the same as the 1.8L).  I have a 2.0L 16v block from
> a 93 Passat if that helps.  May have more questions later as I go.  TIA!
> 
> Dave
> 
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