Re: Ruined engine

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx>]

Joe,

Don't fret. I keep being told the beauty of our engines, is that 
aluminum can be welded. Travis G. drilled too deeply into one of his 
heads and went clear into the coolant pathway. He had his welded for 
$50.00 and you can't even tell it had been damaged. There are photos 
in the DMCnews archives that show a block eaten away by old coolant 
and the weld repair afterwards. If the block can be welded, so can 
yours.

The difficulty is bringing Mohammed to the mountain, because the 
mountain sure ain't driving to Mohammed in that condition. There has 
to be some kind of travelling welding circus in town that will come 
to your place and fix you up. If not, put the mountain on a tow truck 
to bring it to Mohammed's weld-'em-up joint.

Hold fast,

Rich A.
#5335

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jpalatinus" <jopalatinus@xxxx> wrote:
> Well, I am not having a good new year. I removed my intake 
manifold 
> to fix a coolant leak and broke off one of the bolts (the rear 
right 
> one on the passenger side) I drilled a hole in it to put in a 
screw 
> extractor and the screw extractor broke. I bought a helicoil kit 
> and began to drill out the hole.using a 7/32 bit. The hardened 
> steel bolt was difficult to drill, and I guess the aluminum was 
> easier. I put the intake back on just to line the holes up and I 
> drilled a little too much too much to the left and coolant started 
> spewing out of the hole I was drilling. I also see coolant in the 
> right rear intake hole indicating perhaps that it went to the 
> cylinder? I uploaded a picture of the hole in the archieves under 
> ruined engine. I am guessing this is the case right? Is there a 
> way to fix such a hole other than complete engine replacement?, Or 
> am I just screwed. Is there hope for my car, can it be welded?
> 
> 
> Joe P.
> 6808 17167