Water pump bolt problem

[b*saint]

Hey you know what you need? Try a left handed drill bit?

[b*saint]

I dont know how you do it bro. I would've given up after the first day.

[Julien]

don't try to drill the bolt extractor. use a hammer and a pick to shatter it.. seriously. g/l.

[bmwcalvin]

don't try to drill the bolt extractor. use a hammer and a pick to shatter it.. seriously. g/l.

Can't fit one in there not enough room. Unless I pull the whole front end off the car...

[bmwcalvin]

The Cobalt drill bit didn't seem to make a difference and I ran out of battery again. Not sure what to do next?? I could pull the front end off so I have room...

[blackhawkimpact]

Same thing happen to me only it was two bolts in the thermostat housing. One of the easy outs broke also in one of the bolts. Took it to a shop and they took both out for $80.

[bmwcalvin]

Same thing happen to me only it was two bolts in the thermostat housing. One of the easy outs broke also in one of the bolts. Took it to a shop and they took both out for $80.

Should I just push the car down the street to a shop and have them take it out then? Or just pull out the motor?

[bmwcalvin]

^Seriously I'm going to call a couple shops that are close by in the morning and see what they would do if I pushed my car down to their shop..

[bmwcalvin]

So the shop spent 2 hours trying to drill it out this morning and they couldn't get it and told me "Good Luck". So now my car is sitting in a machine shop waiting to see what happens tomorrow morning. Should be interesting, thankfully I was able to use a tow on AAA. I can't work without a car so this is really getting to me..

[b*saint]

Fuck bro. I literally feel bad for you. I know what this shit is like. In the future maybe use a torque wrench??

Just dont get discouraged. Live and learn. Next time you'll know not to do that again and you'll be a better mechanic.

[bmwcalvin]

Yeah I have been kicking myself this whole time. I used a torque wrench and read ft instead of inches.. If they can't get it tomorrow, I'm gonna have to buy a new block. I can't afford one so it be interesting...

[bmwcalvin]

Well I got the bolt situation taken care of... The guy welded a bolt to it and cracked it out in a 1/2 hour this morning. I rented a tow dolly and borrowed a truck and then had problems getting it on the dolly by myself. The guy pushed the car on with a fork lift and it slip off the piece of wood and just barely hit my cam sprocket.. So Now I get to go to a pick your part in the morning tomorrow, But I should have my car up and running by tomorrow night!

[b*saint]

Awesome dude! I forgot about that trick and its actually widely used.

[bmwcalvin]

I got everything installed and now it sounds like there might be something wrong with the cam... Heard some valve knocking in the one all the way up front (#1?) I opened everything back up and found metal shavings in a couple of places as well.. Neeedless to say no Bimmerfest for me this weekend. Looks like I may be pulling my head off...Literally.

[bmwcalvin]

Ended up being a tensioner pulley that was loose... All good now!!! Runs like a champ!