XE block oil gallery bolts

[Iain]

Been recommended to remove the oil gallery bolts to clean the block out thoroughly. I assume these are the allen key headed bolts behind the waterpump and behind the flywheel.

They seem quite tight and I'm a little worried about rounding them off, do they usually come out easily? Are they a special size?

Cheers!

[mowgli]

not a special size, but they are loctited in very tight

[Iain]

OK cheers, just a bit worried as a size 7 fitted nicely but looked as if it was going to round it off when I applied pressure.

[Adam]

Id leave them tbh

[Iain]

You'd just dump the engine in without stripping it down at all though

[Adam]

Seems to work fine for me?????

Mines 180brake remember

[Iain]

I'll buy your perfect engine when you break it then

[Adam]

Come remove it tomorrow night

[Iain]

As suspected it has rounded off, any suggestions?

[mowgli]

either leave it, or get a drill into it followed by a stud extractor