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Stainless steel nuts and bolts

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jnoshea:
Is there any problem with using stainless steel nuts and bolts when replacing bolts on an engine?

hobbit:
Shouldn't think so just make sure they are of the correct tensile strength as the ones you are replacing, hows it going?

jnoshea:

--- Quote from: "hobbit" ---Shouldn't think so just make sure they are of the correct tensile strength as the ones you are replacing, hows it going?
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Not too bad Kev, but I'm still waiting for the head gaskets, bolts etc to arrive.  I forgot to tell Paddocks when I needed them so they sent them by snail mail and they will probably arrive on Monday now.  By the time I rang them, the parts had already left their place so there was little they could do about it.  At least it's given me a chance to flush the intercooler, and it was a really good job too, there was half a litre of engine oil in there after the turbo died  :shock: .  Everything is flushed now and ready to put back on when the bits arrive.

The reason I ask about the stainless bolts is that a few studs and nuts were worn (particularly on the exhaust manifold) when I took it all apart and I work in a lab that has quite a stock of stainless steel bits that I can 'borrow' from. 8)

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