now for the last job of the day.
thought this one will be simple, so i saved it for last.
ho boy. how wrong was i.
it all started last year when i did my first oil change. i noticed a very small oil leak from one of the bolts that holds the oil sump.
the leak is very minor. literally a drop at a time. didn't even required me adding oil during the past year (obviously was monitoring it the whole time, making sure it is not getting worst).
this is how it looks:
by the look of it, the sump was removed in the past. i can tell that by seeing residue of both the red OEM sealant, and the new black locktite.
so i assumed ill just remove the sump cover, clean it and reseal.
drained the oil and replaced oil filter.
magnetic plug cam out clean, except some grayish paste, which i believe to be normal.
didn't cut the oil filter, since i have the regular spin on type with the LN adapter.
didn't want to spend time on that, and the IMSB retrofit is going on anyway, in a week or two.
started removing the bolts,and found out that one of them is very short.
yep, that's the one that was located where the oil was dripping.
closer look and i could see that half of the bolt is still in the block, so i'm not sure if i broke it when i removed it, or the mechanic that worked on the car before, broke it and left it there held by 3 threads and loctite.
well, i never dealt with a broken bolt before, so i hope its not going to be complicated to remove.
i read a lot of threads on the subject, and i hope i will be able to extract it with no issue. it is in relevantly easy place to work on, and the initial torque is not that high so cross your fingers for me.
ordered some extractions tools, and got back to work.
shaving the old loctite with a blade wasn't that easy.
after spending an hour on it, it still looked dirty.
sprayed it with alcohol with not much difference.
almost out of despair, i tried my beloved hand towels.
now this is not a joke, the only place i could find this product is lowe's.
on line, it cost double. i usually use it to clean my hands and tools when i work.
i gave it a try and this is the result.
low part of the cover - blade after an hour work.
center top part of the cover -towel after 5 minutes.
final results after 20 minutes of rubbing with the towel:
this is the product:
