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    Head bolts won't come loose

    Steel head bolts holding an alumium head onto an aluminum block won't come loose. On the first round of breaking torque, I was able to only get a very small turn on each 10mm bolt (I was also being very carefull). On the second round of loosining, the first bolt I tried broke off inside the...
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    Engine block fasteners

    My problem is, while trying to remove the cylinder heads from a 1993 Isusu Rodeo I managed the break one of the 10mm bolts that attach the heads to the block. The bolt broke off about 2 inches inside the block. I tried a bolt extractor and was unsuccessful at removing the broken bolt. Both the...

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