Little Dog
A2OC Donor
Got myself a problem with old Albert (TDi 75), I've stripped out two of the tapped holes that take the screws to secure the cylinder head cover. Worse still it is the two obscured by the EGR valve on the right / rear of the cylinder head. Many years ago, before I had a manual I had a persistent oil leak in that area and those two screws were tweaked many times in an attempt to stop the leak. I suspect they fatigued and clean lubricated screws were too much for the female threads at just 10 Nm.
So now I have a problem, unless the engine can be tilted forwards and I extend taps and drills I can't see how to fix this short of removing the head. Anybody got any great ideas?
I toyed with the idea of recovering him to my lockup but he is a bit too good to abandon to collect dust. I need to save him, if the head has to come off I can't start utill March.
So now I have a problem, unless the engine can be tilted forwards and I extend taps and drills I can't see how to fix this short of removing the head. Anybody got any great ideas?
I toyed with the idea of recovering him to my lockup but he is a bit too good to abandon to collect dust. I need to save him, if the head has to come off I can't start utill March.
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