hello all, first time poster, long time lurker. I've been going through the forum getting info from all the good threads on here.
to explain what's going on with my engine is that it smokes and burns quite a bit of oil while being run. i've noticed it smokes heavily on start up, lessens and almost disappears when idling while warm but smokes while driving or under any kind of load. this leads me to believe the valve seals are bad. i've taken the head off the engine to access the valves safely and to generally inspect the head/pistons/block. everything looks ok to me (except the heavy carbon build up). i have new gaskets and a timing belt to put on but i'm curious if i can reuse the head bolts? I've seen the torque spec listed on here as 65-72 ft/lbs and with visual inspection none of the bolts seem streched or damaged. Another question i have is, is there anything that can be done to clean out lifters? or is it better to replace them? before taking the head off i would get lifter tick on a cold start.
TLDR: can head bolts be reused? can you clean out lifters or it better to replace them? I'm interested in reusing the parts i have (within reason)