Oh man, what a nightmare. Obviously, the best solution would be to put a heli-coil in there, but that would probably require removing the head to get access. You could epoxy a short stud in the threaded hole with some high temp epoxy, then just have a lock-nut or something similar to hold on the pipe. That could probably be done in the small space without removing the head/engine. __________________ '96 318ti Base - few mods installed... |