Experiences with broken sump pan bolts

[Casey-G]

im bloody cursed


fixed the sx (original broken bolt) center punched it and drilled it with a LH 3mm drill bit, worked a treat.

then...

was working on my 4agte today thats going into my hatchback, and well well, snapped a sump bolt on it.. even though it wont be as hard to get out like the one that was under the car, being on a engine stand, I threw a spanner and called it a day.I hope its as easy to get out as the daily.

[allencr]

im bloody cursed

No.
This will continue to happen until you run out of bolts that have been over stretched by someone previous, or figure out that maybe it's you.

[Casey-G]

No.
This will continue to happen until you run out of bolts that have been over stretched by someone previous, or figure out that maybe it's you.

Pretty sure as i said before being 20 year old bolts they have probably seen better days... the tension wrenches i used would cost more than a set forged slugs for the motor, so they are quite accurate and im not exactly a noob at this stuff....

If your gonna reply in a thread with a less than helpful comment like that one, you can refrain from posting in any of my threads from now on alright mate.