golf driver inlet

[ro55]

ive just started taking my inlet manifold off but the heat sheild around it is hard to get off,i cant get 2 of the bolts out the bottom of it because they are in a hard place to reach and my sockets wont move it,ive tried 12m,11m and a 10m and they are either to big or to small?how can i get them off?

[vdub virgin]

u sure they havnt rounded off?

[ro55]

i havent a clue mate cuz they are in a difficult place i cant really see,im gonna try some mole grips on then 2mora

[richardhammond]

I had this prob on mine a fue weeks ago my dads mate works for the aa so i got him to come round and give me a hand. And in the end what you have to do i get the imperial equivelent to the allen key as they are slightly biger and then off it came but that was only the half of it as when i had got it off changed the exhust manifold i then could not get it tight enough so it was blowing and the inlet was not sealed so about 30hours of work i had spent trying over 2 weeks with my car off the road i gave up at drove it down the road to the nearest grage and got the to sort it and it cost me £320!!!!! for labor and if i had have got them to do it in the first place it would have been no way nere that much so just keep that in mind!!!!!!!!!