Bud,
I believe that the stuff you see at the ends of the bolts is old
coolant crud. Look at the longitudinal section of the engine, page 13 of
the WS manual. The bolts appear to go into the water passage, not oil.
You could double-check this by sticking a Q-tip into the hole and
seeing what comes out on the cotton.
Bob
On Tue, 22 May 2001 11:22:13 -0400 Francis Precht
<fprecht@mail.frostburg.edu> writes:
> Greetings, listers.
> I need a bit of advice again. 2 of the 4 threaded holes for the
> water
> outlet elbow on my TD are in poor shape, and tear up the threads of
> new
> 8mmX1 bolts. I'd like to first run a tap thru the holes to chase
> them
> before I resort to anything more drastic like tapping out to 5/16BSF
> or
> using a helicoil or threaded insert.
>
> BUT, do the holes extend into the oil gallery ? It seems that when
> I
> removed them, their ends and threads were covered in oil. Do I need
> to
> remove the head to make sure that no metal bits end up where they're
> not
> supposed to go ??
>
> Many thanks in advance for advice.
> Bud Precht
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