Re: The big coolant disaster. HELP!

Posted by PackardV8 On 2010/11/17 0:01:35

Not likely to get any metal fragments into the water jacket since the fracture or hole is probably very small or most likely a crack that will eventually grow larger..

However, coat the end of the drill bit with grease. It's a rather slow process to drill about an 1/8 inch at a time and then clean off the end of the drill bit and recoat with more grease. The grease will hold most if not all of the metal fragements. same thing for the tap if it needs to be tapped.

Using sealer on the studs or bolts that are near exh. ports or directly contacting the exh manifold will probably not hold up very well due to the exh heat. Try it anyway.

Before drilling out to the next larger size be aware that the holes or reliefs of the manifold mite have to enlarged for the larger diameter bolt or stud. Mite not be enuf 'meat' there to enlarge????