Replaced Stock Dump Pipe

[Ty1]

hey guys. today I ended up replacing the stock dump pipe with a 3inch stainless steel pipe. While I was in the process of removing the old pipe I accidentally snapped two of the 13mm bolts on the back of the turbo Thankfully It was the top two bolts so I should be able to squeeze my little pistol drill in there without removing the turbo. I was just wondering what size drill bit I'd be best off using to drill the snapped bolts out.

[GTR.Lady]

12.3mm

[skins]

Are you going to use something like a "easy out" to get the broken bolts out ?

[GTR.Lady]

Drill a whole, put an easy out in it or call Threadtek

Remember easy out = One chance hahaha ! Good Luck

[Ty1]

Drill a whole, put an easy out in it or call Threadtek

Remember easy out = One chance hahaha ! Good Luck

hmmm i might give the 'easy out' a go then.thanx for that! these forums are the best!

[Ty1]

Ended up buying some screw extractors. I don't know if that's what an 'easy-out' is but they didn't work at all. I ended up snapping one but luckily managed to get it out of the hole i'd drilled. After getting fed up with trying to get the 2 snapped bolts out i made a few calls and ended up taking the turbo to Edsway Engineering over at coopers plains. I can't speak highly enough of the guy that works there. Not only was he on holidays and came in just for me but it only cost me $20 to extract the 2 bolts out and re-thread the holes. The addy is 20/248 musgrave rd, coopers plains for anyone interested. And is it just me or is it friggin hard to bolt the oil and coolant lines back to the turbo? I must of spent at least an hour trying to line everything up.

[Slow S13]

Ended up buying some screw extractors. I don't know if that's what an 'easy-out' is but they didn't work at all. I ended up snapping one but luckily managed to get it out of the hole i'd drilled. After getting fed up with trying to get the 2 snapped bolts out i made a few calls and ended up taking the turbo to Edsway Engineering over at coopers plains. I can't speak highly enough of the guy that works there. Not only was he on holidays and came in just for me but it only cost me $20 to extract the 2 bolts out and re-thread the holes. The addy is 20/248 musgrave rd, coopers plains for anyone interested. And is it just me or is it friggin hard to bolt the oil and coolant lines back to the turbo? I must of spent at least an hour trying to line everything up.

That totally blows

[Dan_B]

Thats pretty good for a business to do that.

I have "Rigid" brand screw extractors, never found a snapped bolt they couldn't remove, cost me a fortune for the set but they are worth it in the end of the day.

Best way to solve the problems with those oil lines? braided lines!

[R334door]

Yep the oil and water lines can be a bitch to put back on, hopefully you put thte copper washes back in to otherwise they will end up leaking if they already havent.Next time get some freeze spray in a can (and put it on first before you even undo any of the nuts) similar to inox/wd40 it freezes the bolt or stud so shrinking it slightly and to 'crack' (Not literally) the join, then it gets down into the thread to then act a a lube, its good guys only about $15 a can from auto places.

[Ty1]

yea i made sure to put those copper washers back on

[Ty1]

Hey I've just started up my car since putting the turbo back on and the new dump pipe and there seems to be a bit of steam/smoke coming from the turbo area. i got a new gasket for the turbo flange to dump pipe and just reused the gasket from the turbo to exhaust manifold as it seemed in good condition. I reconnected all the oil and water lines properly so im wondering where this smoke could be coming from? Im afraid to start it up again now