thermostat bolts

tried changing my thermostat and ended up snapping the bolts wen retightening them. used torque wrench to wot haynes specified.

wot the **** do i do now? need my car asap. r they easy to drill out?

si844 said:

tried changing my thermostat and ended up snapping the bolts wen retightening them. used torque wrench to wot haynes specified.

wot the **** do i do now? need my car asap. r they easy to drill out?

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Odear we feel sorry for you, we have all been there.
If they have sheared of flush then drill a hole (the correct size for the extractor) and uses an 'Easy Out' bolt extractor tool, you will find them on the web even Halfords may have them they come in different sizes (I'm sorry if you know all this) it has a course left hand thread and will unscrew the remainder of the bolt.

The bolts being out before will make it a lot easier and if they were put back with a dab of copper grease on the thread even better.

cheers, but managed to get it out now.

1mm was sticking out the top so put a nut on the top and welded it to the remainder of the bolt.

a job well done in the end - new thermostat cured my low engine temp prob

Welding! whatever next. Well thought out and well done.