Seized exhaust bolts

petebates26

Thanks all - I'll keep trying then!

I've just ordered some plusgas as a lot of people seem to rate this more than WD40 etc, so if I still haven't sheared them by the time it arrives, I'll give that a go!

goldspanners

is it definatly bolts? the reason i ask is that we done a manifold on a transit and we thought it was bolts. turned out to be studs after we scrapped all the rust off them.
so we were able to use a small set of nut splitters on them,much quicker than heating them up and hoping the studs don't snap.

good luck.

pwllbwdr

petebates26 wrote: »

Thanks all - I'll keep trying then!

I've just ordered some plusgas as a lot of people seem to rate this more than WD40 etc, so if I still haven't sheared them by the time it arrives, I'll give that a go!

Its not so much that people "rate it" better than WD40, it is that plus gas is a penetrating oil, which is what you need. WD40 is a water dispersant, and isn't a very good penetrating oil.

petebates26

Hi goldspanners - yeah, they're definitely bolts, straight into the manifold, with no nuts to get at!

Cheers pwllbwdr - I've realised the difference recently! I thought they were all similar products until now. That's my way - I'll research some things down to the fine detail before realising I've made an assumption on something glaring!