Flat washers under head bolts?

Posted by Tim Holloway [69.54.28.229] on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 21:48:52 :

I recently obtained a freshly rebuilt 230 M37 engine. Fresh in that it hasnt been run, but rebuilt about 20 years ago. The thing I noticed was that there are flat washers under all of the head bolts. Never seen that before on a 230. I pulled one out to see if it was just a bolt, and it it a correct head bolt, with the shoulder. My inclination is to pull the head and peek into the cylinders, and ditch the flat washers. Question is, is the head gasket re-usable if it was just torqued down and never run? Or is it toast once its torqued?
Thanks,
Tim

Follow Ups:

• Re: Flat washers under head bolts? - Will (in IL) 23:15:44 10/21/2009
• Re: Flat washers under head bolts? - John S 22:31:20 10/21/2009
• Re: Flat washers under head bolts? - Dave Royal 21:35:17 10/21/2009
• Re: Flat washers under head bolts? - Galen 08:21:43 10/21/2009
• Re: Flat washers under head bolts? - Daryl in Oz 02:48:28 10/21/2009
• Re: Flat washers under head bolts? - chrisnj 00:23:25 10/21/2009
• If it ain't broke... - David Sherman 22:23:27 10/20/2009
• Re: Flat washers under head bolts? - Paul ( in NY) 22:10:19 10/20/2009
  • David English on washers under head bolts - Dave Speed 20:07:45 10/21/2009
  • Re: Flat washers under head bolts? - The Dodge Boys 05:43:25 10/21/2009
    • Lock washers on head bolts? - Tom Terwiske 13:00:23 10/21/2009
      • Re: Lock washers on head bolts? Yah - The Dodge Boys 21:17:05 10/21/2009
  • Re: Flat washers under head bolts? - mannyc 22:16:27 10/20/2009

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