[Vwdiesel] broken head bolt

[Harmon Seaver]

    Heat the bolt up again redhot and melt some paraffin on it. Enough to get it
down into the threads. Paraffin penetrates far better than anything else.



On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 05:16:49PM -0400, Holly wrote:
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>       I was changing the head gasket on my daughters 82 VW Rabbit diesel and one of the head bolts snapped off leaving about 1/2 to 3/4 inches above the block.  I have heated it up and put penetrating oil on it and I am going to attempt to take it off tomorrow.  Any other suggestions out there.  Also, a couple of the other bolts came out with red powdery rust on the threads. Do you think those threads will hold the head bolt torque. I put oil down those threads and ran the bolts in and out of them a couple of times.  Thanks for any suggestions out there.
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> Thanks
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> Dave
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