mirchandise
Passed Driver's Ed
So like a few others on here, the drivers side exhaust manifold stud broke and the manifold is warped. My car has about 80k miles and has been stage 2 since 50k. The shop says that stud broke in such a way that just a little bit of it is stuck recessed in its hole and would be nearly impossible to drill out. They want to pull the head and send it to a machine shop to have them extract it and then put everything back together, with a K04 instead of the K03 (only a $500 difference). All together the estimate is at $7k. I honestly don't know what to do. I'm not sure what I could get for the car in its current state, but KBB puts my GTI between 7-9k if it was working. I read about this on another thread here and someone mentioned finding a specialist bolt extractor - does anyone know of one in the Bay Area? I think what I want to do is try everything before pulling the head.
Sorry for the ramblings. If anyone has any advice or suggestions please let me know!
Thanks.
Sorry for the ramblings. If anyone has any advice or suggestions please let me know!
Thanks.