2nd day in shop for manifold replacement

[hairygityeti]

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.

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by hairygityeti

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.

I'm glad you were successful at removing your bolts. It just wasn't a job I was comfortable doing. After watching a number of videos since, I think I would probably give it a try if I was facing the job again. I guess all the heads of the bolts just crumbled when he tried to remove them. I believe he used a mig welder to build up the bolts that were flush with the head in order to get something to grip onto. However, as much as I didn't want to spend that kind of quid on the job, I'm still within my budget.

The tech did also say that he removed an axle and a motor mount and titled the engine forward to give himself more room to work.

[hairygityeti]

Originally Posted by 06YarisRS

I'm glad you were successful at removing your bolts. It just wasn't a job I was comfortable doing. After watching a number of videos since, I think I would probably give it a try if I was facing the jiob again. I guess all the heads of the bolts just crumbled when he tried to remove them. I believe he used a mig welder to build up the bolts that were flush with the head in order to get something to grip onto. However, as much as I didn't want to spend that kind of quid on the job, I'm still within my budget.

The tech did also say that he removed an axle and a motor mount and titled the engine forward to give himself more room to work.

For the price its a tool i would recommend everyone to have in their tool box! i hope all expensive repair bills are behind you now with many miles off fun ahead

https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-b...FQWlUQodptwFIw

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by hairygityeti

For the price its a tool i would recommend everyone to have in their tool box! i hope all expensive repair bills are behind you now with many miles off fun ahead

https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-b...FQWlUQodptwFIw

For sure a good addition to one's tool box. Thanks for the link. Another item I'm interested in getting is the screw type bolt extractors as in link below (not sure about the quality of these, but you get the idea). I watched a couple of videos where the broken bolt/stud was drilled and then the screw extractor used to remove the bolt after heat was applied to the surrounding area. It didn't look too difficult.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5Pc-Screw-Ex...kAAOSwbopZVCcn

I took the kids out for a long drive today. I decided to see how decent the fuel economy is. According to Torque Pro, I averaged 48.9 mpg (imperial) though I maintained 100 km/h and the highway is relatively flat. Combined fuel economy for the trip - we did some city driving - was 42.5 mpg. Not sure how accurate that is but anywhere in that ballpark is fantastic fuel economy in my books, especially when compared to our van with a combined mpg of 22.