All in - pulling the 4.6 engine and trans to fix oil leaks once and for all

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All in - pulling the 4.6 engine and trans to fix oil leaks once and for all

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03-05-2014, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by stunt

I wish it was just missing. The head snapped off one of the bolts when I replaced the water pump. I plan to replace all 8 bolts while I have the engine out. Hopefully it will be easy to get that snapped bolt out of the vibration damper.

Once you get the crank pulley off it should be much easier to remove the broken bolt.

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