bloody pain in the arse sodding manifold bolts!!!!!!!!

[steble]

as above states one yes just one of the bloody alun headed bolts holding the inlet manifold on has rounded instead of undoing i assume this has happened to people before how do you get the bloody manifold off now?

why are they alun headed bolts anyway who's stupid idea was that :lol:

[Wayne]

Lots of ways, cut a slot if you have room and use a big screwdriver etc etc

[steble]

I'll have fun trying to get anything in the gap to do that

[Wayne]

I'll have fun trying to get anything in the gap to do that

Try a bigger allen bit and hammer it in.

[steble]

yer was thinking of trying that again is tricky to get a hammer in there too, if only i had a ramp i could get at it from underneath then

[VeeDubGTI16v]

bang a torx bit in there steve   

[fishnchipsx2]

Banging in a spline drive normally works for me on cheese bolts

[dontknow17]

Snap-on make an easy out kit specifically for alun heads. i know its works cuz ive got a set at work. maybe you could hire a set or buy a set, i think they were about £65 though.
they look like normal easy outs but theyre flat bottomed and not got quite such an extreme taper.
and try heating it up a bit, hot air gun or a glow lamp (CAREFULLY!) on the manifold just to warm it a little....co-officient of linear expansion should mean that it will losen off.

[Lee_dub]

Irwin bolt grippers?