Going mad trying to get off turbo/exhaust bolt

[topsparky]

Its off and so is the head ........did the chisel idea but tightened the rest up so no pressure was on it.... only had to tap it and it was lose ..took off with my fingers after that..know off to get skimmed

[Knight Rider S4]

have just stripped the head down and 4 studs snapped on the EM oh joy !!!



.......two half in as well........ found the cause of leak .and it looks like the damage has been caused when the head has been off before i think by the looks of it (been banged on the edge?)


Middle cylinder a little dink from the water jacket to the outer ring

[baltiboyS2]

Nightmare replace the exhaust studs with the shorter rs2 items this way if you upgrade the manifold will fit straight on no hassle at all

Raj Aby

[220bhp]

Don't forget the turbo and exhaust gaskets don' t come with the head set

[Knight Rider S4]

Cheers thought they did come with it ?....on the shopping list now

[Knight Rider S4]

Nightmare replace the exhaust studs with the shorter rs2 items this way if you upgrade the manifold will fit straight on no hassle at all

Raj Aby

Have bought a whole new set for the EM .had a funny feeling they were going to snap

[220bhp]

Don't know if you have your head gasket yet but make sure its an RS2 metel headgasket. GSF is the cheapest,

[4WheelDrifter]

ECP if you want a head gasket on its own. GSF if you want the set. Just make sure it's a Reinz.

I'm yet to remove a 20V manifold and not find broken studs. I remember drilling out 3 studs inside the head on a 7A, with head still fitted to the car. Not a job I'd wish to repeat.

How did you find the water manifold bolts? They can be a ****** too.

[Knight Rider S4]

Got the full RS2 head gasket(reinz) set from GSF with S2 forum discount!! (from Glasgow) ....The water manifold bolts were tight !!!!......

I am lucky the guys in the machine shop are taking all the studs out of the EM side so save me that headache

[s2driveruk]

that bloody nut beat me today.....couldnt get anything onto it

[dubmeister]

This is what i've used before:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-piece-S-RING...QQcmdZViewItem
worth their weight in gold on certain jobs!!

[s2driveruk]

cheers Dub, will have to get a set of them for future work on the car.

[dubmeister]

They may sit unused in your tool box for years but when you have a b4st4rd of a nut like that you'll be glad you had them

[s2driveruk]

only need to get you out of trouble once and they have paid for themselves

[Graham]

I used these with a few extension bars and a ratchet