flysure100
Member
Okay--here it is--stepson bought a 2008 Honda civic 1.8 litre 4 cyl with bolt broken off in the block, it is belt tensioner bracket bolt---guy that had the car tried to drill the bolt and went past the bottom of bolt into block and into oil passage--had bolt taken out today and shop wont weld hole shut in block because it is too deep--They suggested sawing a slice of wooden dowel the size of the bolt and sticking it in and use the bolt to put pressure on the dowel slice and plug hole that way--I also wondered about a wad of aluminum foil and coating the bolt with good sealant--also considered jb weld ahead of the bolt and on threads-(kind of permanent) this car has 20 thousand miles on a complete new engine Honda put in, 99 on complete car---he bought it planning on putting in a salvage motor but thought he would try to McGyver something with this motor first---I figured with the vast amount of knowledge available on this forum someone would have a suggestion---this is a really screwy bracket on this engine and is prone to breaking--thanks