The front drivers side exhaust bolt snapped on my suburban. It is snapped well into the cylinder head, nothing to grab onto. I had a mechanic try to extract it, no success. His plan is to take the cylinder head off and bring to a machine shop who would drill it out.
Also, the manifold is warped, so the second bolt from front on the drivers side would not fit when reinstalling the manifold. Only putty/paste is sealing that front flange.
At least this gives an excuse for replacing the intake gasket, which I was worried about. Any other preventative maintenance I should get done while the engine is all opened up?
How urgent is this fix? I was thinking I would get it fixed once it starts getting noisy.
Any other ideas let me know
Also, the manifold is warped, so the second bolt from front on the drivers side would not fit when reinstalling the manifold. Only putty/paste is sealing that front flange.
At least this gives an excuse for replacing the intake gasket, which I was worried about. Any other preventative maintenance I should get done while the engine is all opened up?
How urgent is this fix? I was thinking I would get it fixed once it starts getting noisy.
Any other ideas let me know