broken cooling studs on mainfold

[tomanycars]

Hey all. I have a 1998 GTI carb that runs great but the studs in the manifold broke , The cooling pipe is lose now and water comes in. I see these manifolds on ebay . Can i take this all apart without pulling the engine. Anyone have any pointers for me. thanks

 

[etemplet]

I assume you are referring to the exhaust system? Yes you can replace that without pulling the engine providing the manifold bolts are not stuck. You might be abole to remove the broken bolts after you remove the manifold. I've repaired a couple using a helicoil.

 

[mikidymac]

The studs and bolts break because the rubber pipe mounting washers are worn and allow too much movement. Make sure you replace them.

 

[etemplet]

The studs and bolts break because the rubber pipe mounting washers are worn and allow too much movement. Make sure you replace them.

Spot on brother !! as usual !! Bolt might not even be "there." LOL

 

[tomanycars]

The studs and bolts break because the rubber pipe mounting washers are worn and allow too much movement. Make sure you replace them.

where are those

 

[tomanycars]

The studs and bolts break because the rubber pipe mounting washers are worn and allow too much movement. Make sure you replace them.

Are you talking about the engine mounting bushings. Not seeing what your talking about

 

[tomanycars]

The studs and bolts break because the rubber pipe mounting washers are worn and allow too much movement. Make sure you replace them.

Found them. They were not there. or the bolt and bushing.

 

[tomanycars]

The studs and bolts break because the rubber pipe mounting washers are worn and allow too much movement. Make sure you replace them.

what kind of Loctite should i use on the muffler bolts and should i use Loctite on the manifold to engine and the bushings. Thanks for all you help i really appreciate it. I am trying to get all these parts before the weekend but I doubt it happens.

 

[tomanycars]

Spot on brother !! as usual !! Bolt might not even be "there." LOL

Spot on they are not

 

[mikidymac]

I use ThreeBond 1360 on every bolt.
You should be good with standard LoctTite/Permatex Blue or even the new Orange.

 

[tomanycars]

I use ThreeBond 1360 on every bolt.
You should be good with standard LoctTite/Permatex Blue or even the new Orange.

You wouldn't happen to know the size of the bolts that hold the head on. Not sure if they were Allen or not.

 

[tomanycars]

You wouldn't happen to know the size of the bolts that hold the head on. Not sure if they were Allen or not.

got it