I may have to junk it ... ???

[The Digital MagE]

I have an ooooold Camry, which I truly love.

Every bolt in the engine is stuck. ALL of them! I am not joking. As an example, I just tried to remove the bleeder for the coolant. Used a penetrant, was patient... broke the damn thing off, as usual. Now there's a roofing nail hammered into it.


Has anybody ever seen this on a 1990 v-6? I guess I should dump it... but it goes soooo good and costs me nothing.

Can someone help?

[Blane]

Keep driving it till it just won't drive anymore. Then it's toast.

[Rapid Roy]

It could also be the way you are trying to loosten the nut or bolt. If the bolt/nut is stuck, you need to apply pressure with the socket or wrench and then jerk it a bit to break it loose. If you simply apply pressure and keep increasing it, its much easier to break the bolt off. I my younger days, I used to over tourque everything. This would stress stretch the bolt and it would bind the threads since the bolt was now elongated. That would cause it to bind and snap off. Invest in a good easy out set to get the broken bolts out.