Does anybody know?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Lancaster PA
Does anybody know?
I just replaced the OPTI, water pump, intake gaskets, plugs, wires, and coil on my 94 and I have a bolt left over. It is a 1/4-20 X 1 1/4" long with a 3/8' head. I can't find a hole for it. Does anyone know where it belongs? Thanks
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gee... too long to be an opti bolt; those are rather short, really.
Not a balancer bolt, not stout enough.
I wonder if it's for the fuel injector rail, maybe... I would check intake manifold... it's not long enough for the throttle body, tho...
Not a balancer bolt, not stout enough.
I wonder if it's for the fuel injector rail, maybe... I would check intake manifold... it's not long enough for the throttle body, tho...
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Melting Slicks
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Yes, this is quite puzzling. I got a mirror and checked the opti bolts(all there). I have looked all over with a mirror and a flashlight and I just can't find a place for this. Of course it doesn't help that all this work was done over the period of a month. My memory isn't what it used to be. I was in no hurry with snow on the ground. However the car runs good and there is nothing rattling or leaking so how important can it be?
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Theory has it that if you'll just remove the oil cap and drop it in, eventually it'll get back to the right place...... 
I'll scratch my head a little and look around on my car and see if it jogs my memory. I've had all of that stuff off and on three times.
I'll scratch my head a little and look around on my car and see if it jogs my memory. I've had all of that stuff off and on three times.
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I'm assuming that since you were so precise in your dimensions that it is definitely not a 6mm bolt w/ a 10mm head then, right? Otherwise, my best guess at this point is possibly a timing cover bolt? The power steering pump to bracket bolts are metric and I just didn't see much else with similar specs.
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Looks like a power steering mount bolt to me. But ive only done it once.
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Originally Posted by CF6873
I don't recall removing any timing cover bolts and don't know why I would have, but it does seem about the right size. I will take a closer look. Thanks
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Could it be the short lower water pump bolt that sits just slightly above and behind the idler pully on the driver's side? Its kinda hidden from view when the pump is installed, and may have fallen out unnoticed while you were torquing the other three.
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Originally Posted by SanJacRT
Could it be the short lower water pump bolt that sits just slightly above and behind the idler pully on the driver's side? Its kinda hidden from view when the pump is installed, and may have fallen out unnoticed while you were torquing the other three.
Jeff
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