valve cover broke

Tsunamibomb · Jul 24, 2010

long story short theres a broken bolt still in the head and im leaking oil. I tried removing it with reverse and nothing so i drilled into it and its not going anywhere. It breaks my thin bits and my big bits dont wear it down. and by all my trying i probably messed up the threading. Is there anything left to do :squintrun:

HondaLuver83 · Jul 25, 2010

You broke a head bolt or valve cover bolt? I am assuming valve cover bolt. Try to source a "grab it" tool to get it out. Use penitrating oil all over before you use that tool and it should be able to get out.

Take a pic?

Tsunamibomb · Jul 25, 2010

the valve cover.
i tried using that tool but want taking it at all. and i closed it up thinking it'd be fine with 4 bolts but i was wrong and now im worried they'll snap if i try to fix the bolt or take the cover off again

HondaLuver83 · Jul 26, 2010

Tsunamibomb said:
the valve cover.
i tried using that tool but want taking it at all. and i closed it up thinking it'd be fine with 4 bolts but i was wrong and now im worried they'll snap if i try to fix the bolt or take the cover off again

Have you tried a little sealent around the area where the screw is missing?