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When I had blown a head gasket before on this car I replaced all the studs and nuts with harder ones, they were grade 8. I ran a tap through all the stud holes before installing the new studs. This time when I put the new head and gasket on it was a dream as the studs and nuts were like new despite being in the car 2 years ago. All the work to put a new gasket on before it just felt better to put all new studs. I considered the money spent on the studs was worth it