2nd day in shop for manifold replacement

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Originally Posted by 06YarisRS

I was talking to the indy shop owner that's doing the removal and installation of my exhaust manifold. He said he's got one bolt left to extract from the head. He doesn't want to make an estimate about how much more time it will take to complete the job. I think I'm going to be facing quite a bill on this one. I guess all of the bolts were problematic as in severly corroded and broke off. Surprisingly, the heat shield looks almost new and everything else in the engine compartment is pretty much corrosion free. I think the combination of salt water from our winter roads and the constant heating and cooling did a real number on the bolts.

I hope I can stay on budget with this last - and definitely most expensive - repair. Thankfully, I did all the other repairs, mechanical and cosmetic myself.

I had the same problem and purchased an "Erbauer" 6 piece bolt remover set for ￡12 and it work amazingly well,some bolts had hardly any head but it still worked with out effort. I did the change over myself purchased a second hand ( like new ) manifold fr￡30 and gasket set for ￡8 im no mechanic but i did it within an hour.