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Mike writes:
>Thanks for suggestions on removing the upper oil line (at the turbo) hex
nuts.
>Turns out I was able to torque down a new nut onto the remains of the
>dissintigrated nuts, and then back out the entire stud. But...

Damn, late again.  Now you are in real trouble....

>Upon trying to remove the allen head bolts from the engine side of the line,
I
>run into a similar problem. Although I drove the 5 mm allen key entirely into
>the bolt head, before applying torqe, it managed to just "round out" the
hole.
>Not having the right stuff to drill and "easy out" in this tight spot, looks
>like I'll be patching it back together for a trip to my mechanic.

yuk, that is a tough spot.  You can get to it, but you need to remove some
parts, like the turbo, the oil filter housing and shield (I presume you have
the bumper and IC on the floor already?).  Then you can get to them with some
vise grips.  I usually heat those pups before trying to crank on them.  Since
they are facing up, water and crud collects in there, and that project rounds
holes quickly.  You can drill the heads off, but then you are back to getting
the rest of the bolts out, same problem.  Not fun either way.  But the good
news is that the torque spec is pretty week on those allens, so getting to
them is more of a problem than removing them.  Front bumper should be off, IC
out.  Also, make sure you get the gasket ordered pronto for that line to
block, very few dealers stock it.  

You are in big time here Mike.  Try getting to them from the front.  Light
focused heat from butane will help you use the smallest vise grips...

HTH

Scott