GOD DAMNIT
 

So I'm taking off my EGR... exhaust side blt is rusty, so i soak it down with PB and work ont he intake side. I get that on and all, and go back to the ex side. Still wont budge, soaked it with more PB... waited a few and tried again... and snapped the mother f'in bolt. So now I have an egr valve with a tube witting int he exhaust (not held on by anything) and the intake side open... and an exhaust manifold that has a bolt stuck in it that prevents me from gettign the blockoff plate on, and will probably blow the tube out of it once i run the car leading to a massive exhaust leak.

What is the quickest/cheapest/easiest solution here???

Damn. That sux. Where r u at ur house? want me to stop by?

do you have anything that I can use for this?

I've gotta get to work, but I'm thinking if anyone wants to give me a hand tomorrow with this you are more than welcome to... call me, or PM me, for directions. Please, lol

Yeah, Sears makes a screw-out tool that might work. I might be able to make it up there to help you out Stack.

Is the broken stud exposed? Heat & a stud extractor or maybe vise grips. Is the manifold iron? You might need to remove the manifold.

I won't even ask why you removed it.

I have a tap & die kit at work, if you want to brink me to work tommorow sometime in the afternoon .

same thing happened to me, i drilled it out and just used a bolt and nut on that side to hold the block off plate. its holding out great, that was like 2 years ago.

that !egr will be some serious weight off of the front end!! should drop your 60' by .0000002 second heheheh

lmfao i told u so,thats why we didnt pull it at the shop that day,besides not having the time

Poor Fidget...:(

al and alex, call me at any time

picked it up (45 bucks, WTF!) but ended up not using it due to no room for a drill... plate is TIG'd but we forgot a side... RTV will do for now there.

Thanks to Alex, and anyone who wants to see hsi welding can look at my car tomorrow :lol:

Alex can TIG weld? :scratch:

:stupid:

i got my bit extractors for like $20! wtf did u get??

Trust me it isn't pretty lol I relized as soon as we had left that I should have at least grinded it down to smooth it out, but it works so Im happy.

not for nothing, but you should never have to grind TIG welds down.

no when you see it, it looks like a big glob of metal.

So, why did you remove it?

because hes not very smart

Well OK then..... ;-)

I don't think it's worth approx. 1 MPG to pump my exhaust back thru my intake manifold.

Wait, you took it out for mileage??

you lose milage.

the thing pumps exhaust back into the intake manifold... how'd you liek it if someone shoved one end of a tube up your ass and the other into your mouth?

edit - MIGd not TIGd