Okay, so im working day by day to have my 98 running smooth.
Its a V6, lil gas saver

im workin on this water pump cause the thing is pissing coolant!
Problem is one of the tiny 10mm bolt head is missing
Wen i say missing i mean tge bold head is lik shaved off

No way to getta socket on there. N hardly ne room to drill ..
Not really sure what to do at this point, if i should attempt to extract it my self
Or pay to hav a professional do it.. N what would a professional do?

Really lookin for ne ideas fellas.
all advise is appritiated

Thanks

 

I would try to get my hand on a 90° pneumatic angle drill, a Terry bit set and a set of stubby screw extractors.

 

I am not sure which bolt you are talking about but most likely I would pull the radiator center it with a punch and drill it out with a left hand drill. If the left handed drill did not walk the bolt out (most of the time it does) I would shot some heat down the new hole and get it cherry red and cool it real fast with water. Then go in with an extractor while heating around the outside of the threads.

You could also make sure the head is completely gone and remove all the other bolts. The pump should come off. Then file two flats on the bolt neck and see if those vise grips can get the job done. And yes I have had to pull motors and even disassemble engine parts in order to extract broken bolts sometimes they can be a real problem.

 

Thanks fellas. i got that water pump off, and fixed the leak! However, now my fans are not kiking on. And somtimes the temp will read 210, a bit too high

 

Not sure if itx a big issue...

 

Considering the fans are designed to come on at 208 degs I don’t think 210 is a problem. Glad you got it all working.

 

running at 210 is normal on the gauge. THe fans kick in when the ecu sees a temp of around 225. It is that way for emissions. The guage is not really accurate in that from 200-225 the gauge stays in the 210 reading range. Get a live data reading code reader and you can see ecu temp live. I thought the same thing till I did some searching, then ran it and sure enough they wont come on till around 225 or 226.

 

The temp will read approx 160 which i read in the manuel is normal temp for a V6 . However st times it will go up to as high as 210. Os this normal