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Thnaks for the confirmation thats what my gut was telling me but the wallet was saying no. I will buy new bolts and gaskets Monday

Thank you for the info, I will buy the bolts and new gaskets Monday. Thanks again

Okay I made a big mistake of overtorquing(sp) my head bolts. I now have the correct specs. The car has not been started do I need to replace the bolts and headgasket. They were torqued to 70lbs. Thanks for any help!!

Okay to correct the problem do I need to buy new bolts and headgasket? The car was not started

I have a 1998 2.5 legacy gt DOHC. 118k miles and I had the notorious headgasket problem. Tooked the heads off had them milled down,bought the seal kit from Subaru and now everything is going back together. I am following the repair manuals step in torquing the head bolts, but 52lbs does not seem very tight does the engine heat expand and tighten the bolts more? In taking the bolts off they seemed to be pretty tight. In comparison 52lbs seems like it will be too loose.My mistake is that I torqued the bolts to 80lbs. My mistake, I want to torque them correctly can I reuse these head bolts they were new but tightned to 80lbs and the head gasket. Did I ruin them too? Thanks for any help