Stripped oil pump bolt help!!
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:23 pm
Alright guys, so I have been freshening up my blacktop 20v to drop into my hatch. I did the 16v oil pump/timing tensioner conversion and as I was finishing up bolting/torquing everything back together, one of the bolts on the oil pump pickup tube stripped out. It wasn't overtightend or torqued and just stripped right through the threads!! That is besides the point though. My question is, would it be safe to drill this hole out and tap it or helicoil it or what would you guys recommend? this is literally the last bolt on the motor that I need to figure out, otherwise its bolt up my oil pan and she's ready to go.
Thanks,
Alec
Thanks,
Alec