Mr Bacchus
Spa-Francorchamps
- Joined
- 26 Oct 2012
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Hi all,
During a recent service the mechanic told and showed me I have one cylinder head stud snapped, and I now have a quote to fix it. The quote is predominantly labour and is a mid four figure number, so quite a spend.
I'm pretty handy with the spanner's so I am considering doing the work myself, I also have the workshop manuals and other resources etc.
Whilst I'm quite keen to do the work it will be a slow job at nights and weekends.
My question is to those who have had an engine out and I'm wondering what snags might hit me that I don't expect, it seems every major job I've done involves more time fighting nuts and bolts etc than the actual task. Any shared experiences appreciated?
FYI - the engine had a documented rebuild before I bought the car and not that many miles ago relatively speaking - so I was not anticipating doing anything other than replacing all the studs.
Cheers
Steve
During a recent service the mechanic told and showed me I have one cylinder head stud snapped, and I now have a quote to fix it. The quote is predominantly labour and is a mid four figure number, so quite a spend.
I'm pretty handy with the spanner's so I am considering doing the work myself, I also have the workshop manuals and other resources etc.
Whilst I'm quite keen to do the work it will be a slow job at nights and weekends.
My question is to those who have had an engine out and I'm wondering what snags might hit me that I don't expect, it seems every major job I've done involves more time fighting nuts and bolts etc than the actual task. Any shared experiences appreciated?
FYI - the engine had a documented rebuild before I bought the car and not that many miles ago relatively speaking - so I was not anticipating doing anything other than replacing all the studs.
Cheers
Steve
