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Removing broken bolt from back of head... 200

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posted by  luke242ti on  Fri Dec 27 19:23 CST 2002
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The subject line says it all. Trying to add some toys to the 242
and something goes amiss like it tends to... grr. ah well.

Removed the gallery plug in the back of the head to install an oil temperature sender from a vw GTI. threaded in just fine, although it looked to have a sealing washer and didnt feel like it was getting tight. then it got really loose, the hex head broke off and left the threaded section in there.
I would prefer to remove it and put the plug back in to make sure it seals and I dont lose oil out of it, cuz that would be a massive leak if it did.

There is just a bit of metal on the outside, not enough to grab onto though.

As one would imagine there it not much room back there for tools.

Options I have thought about:
Remove that piece (somehow) and replace with what was there.
If it comes down to it, remove engine or head and remove that piece.
JB weld. (does this stuff ever come off again?)

here in lies the dilemma. The engine has 15k miles on it since rebuild (not by me). so I dont really want to remove the engine, or head as that would be much time consuming and doesnt seem like the best option to me. although I am hesitant about using jb weld on this, as I have not before and would like to be able to remove it again if necessary.

thanks
take care

Luke
82 242Ti 169k miles

beating self on head for not leaving well enough alone.





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