Shit...broken manifold stud

[SequoiaGLX at twcny.rr.com (SequoiaGLX@twcny.rr.com)]

Wow, good luck, dude.  Those things really stay in there a lot of times.

I've never been successful getting them out, but I've had success with this on some badly corroded things, including brake bleeders (you know how easy those are to round/snap off).  I'm sure some will add their own:

Heat the area, preferrably the outside part (obviously the manifold around the stud in this case) with an OxyAceylene torch, not glowing, but good and hot.  Spray PB B'laster on the area where the stud goes into the manifold.  Keep spraying a little bit at a time until the area cools down enough that the oil doesn't burn off, but instead stays wet on there.  Keep it wet for maybe 30 seconds to a minute, and try turning it.  Repeat.

I have read on ford-trucks.com where someone likes to heat the part a little and then light a candle and drip candle wax on it.  Apparently the wax follows the threads in also and loosens things right up.  Those guys should know, they keep their trucks for 400k miles sometimes.

First and foremost, get a decent penetrating oil like PB B'laster or Kroil.

John K. Gates
--
'97 Jetta GLX - daily driver
'85 Scirocco Flash Silver, waiting for my new house/shop for a complete
teardown/buildup sometime soon...

----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Rankin <d_x20@hotmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2004 5:33 pm
Subject: Shit...broken manifold stud

> 
> While examining one of the nuts that came off, i realized there 
> was a small 
> peice of the stud still in there, i bought some new M8x1.25 studs 
> that are 
> actually meant for a GM water pump, but are perfect length for the 
> manifold. 
>   I sprayed some WD-40 on the stud, but i may have to try liquid 
> wrench,
> is there any trick to getting this out, or even worse, will I have 
> to take 
> the manifold off of the head?
> 
> Thanks for the help so far guys
> 
> 
> Bryan
> Fort McMurray, AB
> 81 Volkswagen Scirocco
> 
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