£300 ~ quoted to remove one broken bolt

[riiidaa]

£300 ~ I have been quoted to remove one broken bolt from my exhaust manifold, apparently it will entail a minimum of 2 hours work to remove the headers and get at the offending sheered off bolt.

Does this sound about right? I'd have thought that with the car up on a lift and all the pro kit it would take about an hour tops?

Back story:

My car is an Impreza GL (non turbo)

2 years or more ago when my borla replica unequal headers were fitted a stud / bolt was seized and it got snapped in the process of trying to free the old equal headers.

I believe the original gasket was reused with lashings of gasket paste for good measure. Last week for the first time in about 9 months I started the car up, and found it to now be blowing, the place i took it too today said yes there is one broken bolt, and another missing one.

[Skullfudge]

That's a rip off mate.
Bring it round here and I will do it for two hundred & eighty five


£ 150.00 tops.

[riiidaa]

Thing is, Hi-Q and RSR don't wanna know... I think i need somewhere local as driving it too far is risky to the engine? (and v embarrassing noise wise)

[andy-m]

Time wise, i thonk 2hrs sounds about right (I'm about to undertake the same thing in a few weeks as ive got a snapped stud).
But, £300 is way over the top.
if you are at all mechanicaly minded, you could buy a stud extractor kit, and a drill, a drill bit, a replacememt stud and a pair of gaskets for way less than £300 and do it yourself !

[riiidaa]

mechanically minded, yes, physically capable nope. I'm a wheelchair user mate - they don't fit too well under cars without the need of an air ambulance afterwards lol

[andy-m]

well i'm sure theres someone on here that would do it for far less than £300 for you !

if not, i'm due to do mine in 3 weeks. 2 weeks time n i'm doin coilovers. week after that n i'mn doin SS manifold and replacing a snapped stud. ive already ordered a set of 6 studs and bolts, even though only 1 of mine is snaped and needs replacing (just in case). Once i've done mine, if ive got studs spare (which no doubt I will) i'll quite happily do it for you for free. My house even has a disabled ramp so you can come in n hve a cup of tea with the mrs while your waiting. only thing you will need 2 get is the manifold gaskets & the up pipe one.

and i'm only about 20 minuites drive from wallington

[andy-m]

oh better check 1st, studs i ordered were for a classic, what year is yours ?

[riiidaa]

mine's a 97 mate, a GL on a P reg. Thanks very much for your offer! I shall let you know!

[pigSTi]

Can't beat the Scooby community - what a nice thing to read 1st thing on my Saturday morning.

[Frenchie]

Andy-m thats a cracking offer,well done mate.

[riiidaa]

Andy, I got mine sorted for £110 this week!

PM me your number I have some tips for you mate

[andy-m]

glad 2 hear it. & PM sent.

I'm orderin my new shocks tomorrow. next friday will be gettiung the new manifold and attempting to pull the old stud out over the bank holiday weekend