Cory94

hey everyone i was looking over my motor today and noticed one of the bolts on the head is broke about halfway through the threads to show what bolt it is please view pic below



sorry pic isnt from my car one can be taken if needed doesnt seem to be leaking oil and still runs fine. i know it should be replaced but will this be fine if it goes alittle while till i take the valve cover off and can replace it?

lilredlude

i broke that one to. but i replaced it when i broke it. that piece seemed secure when it wasn't on though, and i think that plate above helps hold it on. just keep an eye on it until you replace it.

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minilogoguy18

How do you break those? You don't even have to tighten them that much.

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lilredlude

that's how you break them, over tightening.

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bouckarooo

what you can do to remove it is remove the other bolts holding cam cover plate then when you have exposed enough meat of the fastener you can use vise grips to unthread it or you can use a tap and die set to make some threads on the part of exposed bolt and the tighten two nuts on to it and use wrench on bottom nut to unthread it.

Cory94

Ok thank you so much guys i really appreciate the quick response to. Thanks for the tip im going to try and take care of it this weekend. Can you believe the stealership wanted almost $3 for that bolt?

minilogoguy18

It's a special bolt, most engine bolts you wont find at a hardware store.

Invest in a torque wrench if you're muscling on small bolts like that.

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Cory94

yea i have a craftsman and two harbor freight ones im not sure i trust there accuracy though. i borrowed my friends snap on while rebuilding the motor. i had took those two bolts out to remove that bracket to put a skunk2 vtec solenoid cover on and i was letting my friend tighten them back down and then i hear "hey man it just got really easy to turn" some friends just shouldnt mess with cars.