Rocker cover help required

[olsonn]

I have managed to snap one of the studs that you bolt the rocker cover on to. Does anybody on here have any idea what I can do??? The nut with the rubber washer on it has most of the screw screwed into it


Am I screwed????

 

[kis]

Subscribed! Need to do mine!

 

[olsonn]

Just found the solution, thanks to BMW Oem, the studs are screwed into the head, take off the rocker cover and it is just a matter of unscrewing the snapped stud and screwing in a replacement, not like BMW to make something that simple

 

[Ducklakeview]

Yes, as long as you haven't stripped the thread in the relatively (compared to the steel stud) aluminium head, I'm which case it'll need a helicoil insert fitting.

Mike

 

[olsonn]

Cheers mike

 

[andyf1140]

That one's broken on my wife's car. Didn't notice until I can to take it all apart. The previous owner had just left the remains of the bolt in the hole so it looked fine so I hadn't got a replacement. In this case it's snapped off level with the head so I couldn't just use pliers to get it out so I've left it for now and the gasket isn't leaking.

 

[kis]

Best taken off stone cold? Or like engine oil, with a little warm up?
Is seizing likely? Think I'll dab a bit of penetrating oil on each nut or bolt!