I'm planning to change my head gasket this week, because i know it's burning coolant on it.

I already bought OEM headgasket, but not the head bolt cause honda don't have atm and need to do order from japan. And ARP Studs don't have any for my engine which is Dohc ZC 1.6 "EG5".

My question is can i still use my headbolt? I try to research on the internet and other's say that they don't have any problem reusing the head bolt.

And other's say that i need to replace it either the ARP Stud/OEM Stud, because it will brake down in some stage etc etc...

Any recommendation is allgud

 

I have read that you can reuse the OE bolts, just torque them to 5lbs over the spec in the manual. the ARP head studs aren't reusable after the initial torquing. If Im not mistaken.

 

I strongly advise against it. I've heard people saying not to use them again, I've heard it's ok to use them, and I've heard that you have to mark which bolt came out of which hole and put it back into that one.

When it comes to internal engine stuff, I always say "why risk it?" Get the new ones and don't worry about it anymore.

 

ARP studs are reusable something like 5-6 times I believe... I wouldn't see why they wouldn't be reusable since they're so fricken strong...

 

so example if the torque range is 10lbs i'm gonna make it 15lbs?

 

I want to buy new OEM Stud but they need to shipped it for 1 to 2week from japan.

Thxx for your advice, appreciate that.