Timeline for How to remove broken bolt with screw extractor from exhaust manifold
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| Sep 21, 2018 at 9:48 | comment | added | SteveRacer | That wax method is very old school, but I've seen it done and it works very well. I think WD40/PB Blaster penetrating oils may be to thin, and tend to flash off from the heat before they can do any work. | |
| Sep 20, 2018 at 0:44 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | I think the problem now, with it drilled out, there's not going to be anything to heat except the manifold itself. You could heat it to cherry red and put some beeswax on it (WD40 might work), but I think you might run the risk of cracking the manifold from the abrupt temp change. | |
| Sep 19, 2018 at 23:15 | history | answered | Dirk Broer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |