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I had the motor built by a well known shop nearly everyone on the forum has heard of. It was upgraded from the clutch to the radiator to include the intake. The motor has less than 2000 miles on the build.
Due to an oil pressure sender issue, I had to remove the intake. I called the builder and they recommended lowering the subframe get to the back of the Atomic Air intake - (I read the threads but there simply wasn't any other way). I lowered the subframe (not so bad) and when I took the intake off (it had not be removed since it left the shop), I found this:
All the intake bolts not pictured look like the one on the right. The one on the left came out as pictured and Im really struggling to understand what happened to the one on the left.
It is indeed broken and the lower portion of it is still in the head. There was no o-ring on it but there is sealant (JB weld/ B Half of some sort) under the head and down the shaft of the bolt.
I reached out to the builder via email on Friday evening when I discovered it. Monday was a holiday but here it is Wednesday night I have nothing but silence (which was very common during the 7 months it took to build the motor).
What explanation is there for this?
Yep, broke during install then instead of pulling the intake and removing the broken portion they installed the broken bolt with sealant giving the appearance of a properly installed fastener. Pretty shady, I'd be raging mad!
Yep, broke during install then instead of pulling the intake and removing the broken portion they installed the broken bolt with sealant giving the appearance of a properly installed fastener. Pretty shady, I'd be raging mad!
Its going to be hard to get the intake off with that stopping it from sliding forward. There is near zero room to lift the intake off. Hence why install is by sitting it back with the bolts held up with tape etc.
Probably why they just pretended to fix it..
Now you have the cradle dropped you might have enough room to lift it over the broken tip and replace it. Hopefully its easy to thread out.
Definitely time to replace it now. Or just put it back as it was.... lol.
The problem wasn’t breaking it(you get a bad bolt every now and then)
that should have been replaced at the time of the install. pretty sad on behalf of the installer.
this is the reason why I work on my own car.which is what you’re doing now
Its a very low torque bolt. 75 in lbs I think. I think Lingenfelter didnt chase that hole when they prepped the heads and the shoulder/washer didnt come down against the intake when they tightened it (due to "stuff" in the hole). I suppose the LPE tech tightened it a little more and then figured out that wasnt going to work so they tried to remove it. Thats likely when it snapped so the professional mechanic then glued it in to the hold with some sealant and called it good.
That may be why LPE closed the Indy shop... SMH.
Its a very low torque bolt. 75 in lbs I think. I think Lingenfelter didnt chase that hole when they prepped the heads and the shoulder/washer didnt come down against the intake when they tightened it (due to "stuff" in the hole). I suppose the LPE tech tightened it a little more and then figured out that wasnt going to work so they tried to remove it. Thats likely when it snapped so the professional mechanic then glued it in to the hold with some sealant and called it good.
That may be why LPE closed the Indy shop... SMH.
What really happened here...
