let exhaust stut problem

[alan b]

pulled the turbo off a calibra we just bought, to find one exhaust stut missing, outside bottm one on drivers side. some one das tried to redrill and tap it but made a total balls of it. what the best way to refill the hole to redrill it? you chemical metal be strong enough? cheers in advance!

[djbrowney]

it wants drilling out and a heli coil fitting mate

[alan b]

some one has drilled it out already, and at a god awful angle, theyve destroyed the hole basically i dont think a helicoil will work at this stage!

[therealnovaboy]

weld it up then re drill. what about use a bigger drill a bigger hole and use a nut?

[Will F]

Does it leak/blow? If not - ignore it!

I had one a while back with 4 missing and it was fine.....

[alan b]

on an let? i think its blowing when its cold!

[Will F]

Actually I think it was three and yes it was on a let!

If it is blowing then fair enough - mine didnt though! :confused:

[MattBrown]

Plug the hole with weld?

Make sure your welder is on a high setting, then re-drill, be sure not to fook it up again though!

[bmw156]

if you do weld it up, you will find it harder to redrill the weld, so make sure you give it a good center punch then drill it with small drill bits getting bigger :)

[mowgli]

take the head off & get a proper engineer to fix it. I know its expensive, but its going to be the only way you'll fix it properly

[Stuart]

helicoil FTL.

keysert FTW! :)