Installing new water pump in my series 3, think I'm in trouble. Managed to line up all bolts eventually then I foolishly over tightened one and it snapped leaving part of it in the thread, it was my last one to tighten. Can I leave it there or as I said am I in trouble. Raging.
Water pump installation
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You may get away with leaving it, only running will tell if it will leak. Best thing is to drop the pump off again and see if there is enough bolt left to get grips or one of those fancy stud remover sockets on. I tend to run a tap down all threaded holes before reassembly to remove the crap and prevent bolts/studs bottoming out. Not the easiest place to drill out unless you take the slam panel out. Good luck.
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Put a picture up, but you may be able to use a shortened bolt if there's sufficient thread space for it to tighten up, if not then you'll have to drill it out and re-tap it
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