well to make a long story short my exhaust manifold gasket needed replaced. Well if you know how to take it off you know that you have to unbolt the downpipe, (i have a 3" Turbo XS downpipe) the downpipe has really long bolts with the springs around them idk if you are familiar with this DP. Anyways the one bolt broke, i tried to drill it out but the metal was strong so it wasn't coming out. Now my question is am i ok to drill on only one bolt till i get it fixed? And if so is it ok to still go into boost or do i need to grandma it intill it's fixed.

 

Now my question is am i ok to drill on only one bolt till i get it fixed? And if so is it ok to still go into boost or do i need to grandma it intill it's fixed.

drill on one bolt.. you could drill, err drive on one bolt but you take the chance of blowing the gasket, or breaking the other bolt.. fix it the right way.. its the only way. there is no rig job for this.

 

um i tried to fix it, but i had no luck and instead of ****ing it up i'm going to go get it fixed, but this is my DD and only car, so my question was is it ok to drive, my question wasn't i'll ask and question who can be a dick about it.

 

get a sense of humor, if you need to ask if having one bolt will cause a prob, yes.. a little common sense goes a long way when asking if you need to grandma a car that has on spring tension bolt holding an exhaust up.. so yes it will twist, blow the gasket, hit the trans case or frame, and poss snap the bolt... im sorry this isnt the answer you want..

 

i drove mine with one bolt for about a week with no issues even under boost. i fixed it by taking the undertray off(PITA)so you can get at the bolt better and drilled a hole in the bolt and used an easyout to get it out. make sure you use anti-seize next time and the bolts come out with ease.