CMF_Red Menace
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No, not one of the ten main cylinder head bolts. There are five more M6s (10mm heads) around the block; four at the timing chain end and one adjacent to the distributor. The one I've stripped is the one on the rear (intake) side of the engine. The other four, for reference, are as follows: Two inside the top timing chain cover, and two on the exhaust (front) side of the engine.
This one bolt stripped all of the threads out of the block as I was torqueing it up. I don't want to go through the hassle of acquiring a helicoiling kit if I don't need to. All of the other bolts are good, and there aren't any waterways/oilways &c in the gasket anywhere nearby; I think that the worst case would be a little oil leakage from the timing chain space.
Thoughts?
This one bolt stripped all of the threads out of the block as I was torqueing it up. I don't want to go through the hassle of acquiring a helicoiling kit if I don't need to. All of the other bolts are good, and there aren't any waterways/oilways &c in the gasket anywhere nearby; I think that the worst case would be a little oil leakage from the timing chain space.
Thoughts?
