Broken Coil Pack Bolt

[ashneel]

hey guys was taking the coil packs out to change over plugs and while undoing the bolt for the third coil pack (from the front) the bolt snapped. to me that was strange cause the others came undid easy but this was was a pain then i realised that the third coil pack had a wrong type of bolt in it. (not done by me i just got the car so im assuming previous owner did it or someone). but now i have a broken bolt and to make matters worse on that coil pack both the bolts are wrong. so i tried to undi the other one as carefully as i could and that f**ker snapped aswell.

no i have no idea what to do. can anyone help please?

:*(

Ash

[Sandeep]

so the bolt head snapped off leaving part of the bolt stuck in the threads?

you can try a thing called an "easy out", i think you can get them from bunnings. you drill a small hole into the remaining part of the bolt, then screw in the "easy out" and that will grab onto the broken bolt and might undo it.

http://crustyquinns.com/tech/easyout.html

[FIRTY2]

is it the bolt that holds the coil pack to the plate or the ones that hold the plates to the actual block?

[ashneel]

on the 34 there is no plate (i think) so coil pack is bolted to the block.

thanks sandeep ill try that easy out thing. f**k hate it when ppl cant do things right from the start

[Bennett]

Probably best to get them profesionally drilled out. Dont want to f**k it up any more.

[cuppas]

+1 for ezy outs

[ashneel]

ye think id get it done professionaly. knoowing me id stuff it up.

thanks guys.

[H@ME]

gotta hate threaded bolts how about re-threading a hole thats been cross threaded?

[nuclear_skyline]

gotta hate threaded bolts how about re-threading a hole thats been cross threaded?

Running a tap through the hole is the best way to know its nice and straight.... usually its pretty easy to do, most of the time the thread goes good and not a lot of metal is shaved off by the tap...

Seen guys try and force the proper sized bolt back in, but its a hit or miss adventure and you may end up cross threading it again!