1.9 petrol head stud and nuts

[mshaw1980]

Hi everyone

Just stripped my engine down and found one of the conrod journals badly pitted, hence the horrendous knocking. I have done an engine rebuild before but not on a boxer so in unfamiliar territory. Just wondered, do all of the head studs and nuts need to be replaced or are they reusable ? I know my conrod bolts need changing but not sure about the head studs.

Cheers

[itchyfeet]

only if they are reduced by rust otherwise reuse.
Can't get conrod stretch bolts so have to use the early non stretch type at the moment.

[mshaw1980]

Great, thanks!