valve cover/head

[rshottie1998]

i have a 98 eclipse rs...just recently i took my valve cover off...when i went to torque the vc bolts back on...they broke...i was measuring with feet ..i know it says 26-36 inches in the haynes, but i didnt know what to torque it to in ft. i didtn break the valve cover or anything, but THE BOLTS BROKE OFF INTO THE HEAD...what do i do? the dealership wanted $300-480 to back the bolts back out...does anyone have a better suggestion as to how i should go about doing this?

[Harder Faster]

That sux!

[riff22]

u have to use an ez-out its pretty easy to do the ez out will tell u what size drill bit to use then u just punch the middle so u drill dead center and it dont slip off. the ez out is like a reverse bit it pulls it out

[BoostedSpyder]

when you say 'they broke', how many are you talking about? i'm sure it is only one, but just curious...

usualy you drill out a hole, and then tap the hole with a reverse thread thing like was stated above

[tfoti]

i just took some broken studs out of my head no more than an hour ago. it took about 5 min. per broken stud. there is an excelent vFAQ on it. i had a good friend of mine do and i watched him and it looks very very easy. all he did was take a very small drill bit and drill a little ways into the broken stud. then took a screw extractor, or ez-out, and threaded it into the stud and it came out like butter. if you don't know what an easy out is its a reverse threaded drill bit. so you screw it in counter-clockwise but the counter clockwise motion turns the broken stud out. its very simple...
take a look at this:
http://www.vfaq.com/mods/wayback/Bra...ine/studs.html

[guitarXgeek]

Go to autozone or whatever your local automotive parts store is, and buy an Ez-Out. I've used it countless times to pull broken studs out of the manifold; they work great. Just make sure you take your time when doing, cause if you fuck up, it's a lot more work to get it out!

[rshottie1998]

if i use an ezout...do i need larger screw to place in afterwards...or can i just get the factory bolts and put them in from the dealership...only two of the bolts are broken...and while on the subject...the reason i took my valve cover off was because it was leaking oil bad...especially from the right side of the head...also, everything under my car is covered in oil...what could it be?

[tfoti]

probably your valve cover gasket, but no, using an easy out will not make the threads a larger size. it just turns the broken stud right out. paying $300 is RIDICULOUS IMO...$20 is ridiculous too!!

[riff22]

it should be fine with the same size, but if the treads are messed then u have to drill it out and get a heila coil (spelling?) not hard either.

[kjewer1]

"Heli-coil"

[riff22]

ha thanks

[rshottie1998]

ok...so im going to try that...my bf works at oreileys and i guess there is an ez out there...hopefully or they can order one...the website that i got sent to by *tfoti* was really helpful and i think that is what we are going to do...but has anyone heard anything about recalls on the eclipse's head or anything like that....i read somewhere about it, but i might have read wrong..it had something to do with the oil leaks...thanks for all of your help though!!

[rshottie1998]

the ez out worked!!! thanks a lot guys

[BoostedSpyder]

you should get some pics of what you are doing and post that shiz