Sump/turbo leak

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Re: Sump/turbo leak

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lloydy wrote:angle grinder was used on mine :lol:

I tried to remove mine yesterday. I thought it may take an hour.....whole day and it is still on there. The recessed bolt rounded off! :evil: my small grinder is to small so I will be borrowing a larger one to lop it off at the manifold.
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Because the nuts and bolts rust away and it all try's to become one rusty lump.

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ninja.turtle007 wrote:
lloydy wrote:angle grinder was used on mine :lol:

I tried to remove mine yesterday. I thought it may take an hour.....whole day and it is still on there. The recessed bolt rounded off! :evil: my small grinder is to small so I will be borrowing a larger one to lop it off at the manifold.

Did the turbo turn up today? Sent summat to llyody at the same time and he got it today.

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the one on my spare AFN came of with a titchy 1/4" drive :D
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Alex, I don't know I wasn't at work today.

Cheers Lloyd, but I should have on sorted.
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