Oil pan bolt broke. Help!

[95z28]

Hey everyone I'm in the process of replacing my timing cover gasket. Everything so far has gone good but when it was time to lower the pan I went to loosen the front corner flange bolt and it snapped in half!! All the other ones came off great. What are my options? Rtv that corner? ImageUploadedByTapatalk 21366383724.056301.jpg

[farmington]

two options, take a chance on rtv and hope it doesn't leak, or try an ezout or helicoil and fix it right. Maybe try a lefthanded drill.

[95z28]

Oil pan bolt broke. Help!

Would something like this work?
http://www.homedepot.com/p/t/2027979...2#.UXF3Pee9Kc0

[meissen]

Honestly I think your only option is to try and get the rest of the bolt out. Is there any portion of the bolt sticking out of the engine block or did it break off below the "surface" ?

[95z28]

Oil pan bolt broke. Help!

Ill check more closely when I get home tonight. But from what I recall none was sticking out. If I used a bolt extractor as mentioned. What's a good process for this. Use a punch then drill a 1/8 hole then turn the extractor into it?

[95z28]

just to share my results I ended up successfully extracting the broken bolt. I managed to get the timing cover off for the first time, and from what it looks like the pan gasket is intact. The corners are a little weak but I planned on putting rtv there anyways. Feels great to save 1000+ for this job that shops were quoting me!!IMG_3578.JPG

[farmington]

good job. using an extractor is a crap shoot at best.

[meissen]

Holy engine sludge/grime! Time to scrub that block down while you have it apart! Geesh!

[95z28]

Ya the gasket needed to be done really bad haha. i pulled it off and there was bassically nothing left of the gasket. What would you recommend to clean it ?