Helicoil gone bad!
06-15-2004, 08:30 AM
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Helicoil gone bad!
About a week ago I got my car back from the shop. Everything was good. All of a sutton after drive it for about 400 mile over a course of two days I smelt antifreeze and seen white smoke . I take it back to the shop they say the head gasket went. But after they took every thing apart; one of the helicoils in the block come up. They say from high boost!
What should I do?
Help me out! 
What should I do?
Help me out!
06-15-2004, 09:20 AM
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Re: Helicoil gone bad! (rocket256)
Hmm.. Not too sure on that one then.. Maybe you could jump up to a bigger head bolt and just get the block retapped and the hole in the head opened up..
Who put the helicoil into the block?
Who put the helicoil into the block?
so becareful
06-15-2004, 09:37 AM
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Re: Helicoil gone bad! (rocket256)
Go with time-serts. You are going to have to be careful about drilling the block. If you don't have a heavy duty drill press I'd have a machine shop do it. With the time serts you'll need to have "lip" for the time-sert to sit on. They will not back out on you. Honestly for the money you might be better off with another block. A time-sert set is around 55.00 plus the machine work. A bare block plus machining may be cheaper.
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06-15-2004, 04:31 PM
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Re: Helicoil gone bad! (bruthaboost)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bruthaboost »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Go with time-serts. You are going to have to be careful about drilling the block. If you don't have a heavy duty drill press I'd have a machine shop do it. With the time serts you'll need to have "lip" for the time-sert to sit on. They will not back out on you. Honestly for the money you might be better off with another block. A time-sert set is around 55.00 plus the machine work. A bare block plus machining may be cheaper.
HTH</TD></TR></TABLE>
That is cool but my block is built!
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That is cool but my block is built!
06-15-2004, 05:35 PM
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Re: Helicoil gone bad! (rocket256)
There was a great timesert how to do it post about 9 months or so posted. It had great info and pics of the entire process. It is worth looking for.
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