This is how you remove Stripped or Broken 3.0T Supercharger Bleed Screws
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- We are in the process of getting things ready to swap out our V1 MercRacing Heat Exchanger for our V3 4.0T MercRacing Heat Exchanger, and part of that process was to swap out our OEM Plastic Bleed Screws on our supercharger with 034 Metal Bleed Screws.
Both of my bleed screws were stripped, and one was seized which resulted in the head breaking off of it leaving the plastic screw stuck inside of the bleed port.
In this video I show you how to remove a stripped screw, and one that has been broken off in the bleed port without using specialty tools. All you need are some regular metal screwdrivers that are small enough to fit into the bleed port, and something that can heat them up sufficiently.
Just be very careful not to hit ANYTHING other than the bleed screws you are trying to remove. And, if you are going to do this, I highly suggest you replace them with the 034 Motorsports Bleed Screws which can be found at the link below.
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This was a very welcome video. Great advice because my bleeder screws were absolutely NOT moving with normal pressure. When I tried to use screwdrivers, they just stripped the bleeder screws to uselessness almost immediately. Your tips with the screwdrivers allowed me to get them out and exchange them for the 034 ones.
Glad to hear it helped!
Thank you SO MUCH!!! A few months ago, I did my water pump and thermostat and reused the plugs. Learn the hard way, I guess. I recently replaced the lower radiator hose and when I went to refill, I snapped the top off of that POS plastic bolt. Anyway, after freaking out, I saw this video and it worked like a charm. I did use PB blaster when I tried the first time and just ripped the plastic apart. So I waited overnight, and tried again and it worked like a charm. (highly recommend PB Blaster and time) It still was crumbling, but it's almost all the way out now. I need the car running now, so I bought the Audi ones, but will be getting the stainless ones. They didn't even stock them... apparently the techs just pull a vacuum and never need to use them. The comments below about wrecking the supercharger scared the heck out of me. But I pulled success from the jaws of failure... with a little (lot) of help from your video. Thanks a million.
Any chance you'll be posting a radiator replacement? No video's out there on a Q5 3.0T radiator replacement.
Hey man! Glad this video helped you!
I doubt I will be doing a radiator replacement video since things rarely go wrong with them. If the day ever comes I'll be sure to record it though.
@@AudiC7Owners thanks again. Looks like it was just an old hose o-ring that was slowly leaking, and not the radiator. Swapped in a new hose and leak gone.
Nice!
If you want to make your own bleeder bolts and pay 2 bucks instead of 45 they are m8x1.0 16mm bolts. You just need to cut a bleeding slot in them with a dremel
Has anyone tried this and got a confirmation it worked ?
Thanks for the video. I'm actually here because I was searching for a trick to extract broken plastic screws inside hurricane shutter sockets. 🤞
Nice! Hopefully this helps
@@AudiC7Owners Working great. Mine are so stuck I'm having to melt my way all the way through. I had to use a flat blade and grind it to fit all the way into the sockets. It quickly lost it's temper, and quenching/reheating was tedious, so I started melting with one driver and extracting with another.
Anyways...thanks again!
I just did this today replacing the screws with the O34 ones and this was recommended. Google sees all. Not knowing this I used a drill and drilled it out until there was little material and using a pick get the rest. Because of how a drill bit works all material was brought up and thrown out. With the screw off I turned the car on and off in seconds to blow any plastic if it got in, out. Thankfully the coolant was cool, would have burned my arm if it was warm. At least I know my pump mod works... Also a extractor kit didn't work because the plastic is too soft.
Just a tip from a trusty mechanic, should have used a #3 phillips in the very beginning before you rounded off the screw heads. I work in aviation and done plenty of drilling stripped out screws and there are multiple different types of screws out there that can be taken off with wrong screwdriver tips. Kuddos for the trick though heating up a screwdriver to get more bite out of plastic screw that should have been metal from the get go.
Whew... saved me. I have an extractor set, but it did not work in plastic... this method saved the day🎉
Awesome!
Just changed my OEM bleeding screws. Everything went just like the video :). One went smooth one snapped the top end and left the other half in. I heated the screw driver, i used a flat head and rammed it well about quarter inch. let it cool off and sprayed a bit more wd 40, after that start spinning out like a princess. Placed the 034 Motor Sport bleeding screws and in the process bled the supercharger.
Nice job!
very helpful video. one tip i would say is keep the screw driver in there after it melts, the plastic creates a bond to the screwdriver once it all cools down. i had to use a plier to remove it after i took it out.
you are right. I also did this. Let the screwdriver cool down in the screw. It created a firm bond and afterwards is was hard to remove the screw from the screwdriver after i got it out :)
Did this about a week ago... love the content.
Thank you!
Thanks for the video. Had a plastic tubing stuck on a 02 Lexus ES300 in transmission case. The trick worked!
Nice!
@@AudiC7Owners you have cash app? (Tip)
I really appreciate the offer, but that totally isn't necessary. You appear to be active duty or a veteran. That is plenty of a tip for me 👍🏻
sounds good.. Thanks again. 🤜
Mine done exactly the same so got to try this last resort hopefully i get lucky
The head of my drivers side intercooler snapped off too. I drilled out as much plastic as I could…. A few little pieces fell into my intercooler. Luckily I’m porting my supercharger with Jokerz and replacing my intercooler this week. I ended cutting down my new supercharger screw halfway because it wouldn’t go further due to plastic still being in the hole.
Just keep an eye on it & make sure it doesn't leak. Did you get everything out before you ran the car? Those pieces can get stuck in your intercooler core/coolant pump & do damage
@@AudiC7Owners this happened when I was still stage 1 a few thousand miles ago. I’m stage2+ now and I’m very certain I didn’t get all the pieces and they damaged my cores and/or my coolant pump. LUCKILY, I’m replacing my thermostat, water pump, pcv, cwa 100, S4->S6 HX (thanks too you) and brand new oem intercooler cores all at once. Might even find a few pieces.
@@AudiC7Owners my cats are basically gone too. With ambient temps of 60F after 2 hard pulls I’m seeing 180-190F. I’ll be installing my JHM Test pipes paired up with Jhm high flow catted down pipes in a few weeks. Scared to even drive the car haha. I’m happy I had my p3 gauge because I learned how to monitor everything and notice when something is wrong. my buddy and I were doing some pulls and he said I was shooting flames out the back around 160mph. After that I realized my cats are almost dead.
@@AudiC7Owners call me stupid; but i did my best to stay on top of my cooling system. thankfully there’s channels like yours out there to inform missinformed people like me, and help us learn how to properly bleed and keep our engines cool .
The P3 Gauge is the single best mod I've done simply to stay aware of my car's health haha. Glad you caught it. Keep me updated with how everything goes 🤘🏻
Yuck… I just used a very big apex(Phillips tip) using just a regular 3/8” ratchet… and both broke… so a very helpful video, thankfully I have a butane torch… so things should go ok.
mine did the same thing first time I did this! One side broken, and the other side came out in one piece.
Would it have been a bad idea to place a small dab of anti-seize on the new metal threads, because of the dissimilar metals?
It isn't needed, & you don't want to have any of the anti sieze mix with your coolant
What size philips head did you use? Im stuck with both of the heads of the screw broken off and I'm afraid to move any further without messing something up.
Quick question, how can you tell that you have air in the system? With the vacom?
You can monitor your iat's with a P3 Gauge, or you can see via data logging with vcds or any other data logger.
You left the rubber gaskets from old screws in and doubled them up with the gaskets from the new screws. I took the old gaskets out, but now not sure if they were supposed to stay in there, meaning they are part of the supercharger not the screw. I get no leaks. I kept the old gaskets just in case.
I did on accident. They were intended to replace the oem gaskets. That was a goof up on my end, but I don't have any leaks either. The next time I open those screws I'm going to replace the gaskets
@@AudiC7Owners Ok, just making sure I was not supposed to have them in there. Thanks for all your videos, I enjoy watching them.
Thanks for all your content. I’ve been head deep into this for my C6 wagon. The bottom half of my driver side bleeder went the other way and is now in my supercharger. I’m thinking I can take the crossover pipe off the front and get the piece out. Can you confirm that it’s a straight path from the back to the front to get it out?
Honestly I am not certain about that.
Great channel and videos! Lots of time goes into this!
I tried your method of heated screwdriver but my screws are completely dry rot and seems like there are melted with the threading. It just breaks into pieces. I took the supercharger of and Ian trying to drill them out from underneath so nothing falls into the cores. That should be my only option, what do you think?
That's rough. Might be worth trying to loosen the old screws with a heat gun before drilling.
Awesome Job!!
Thanks
What happens if i reuse the stripped screw.
If the plastic is stripped it could leak coolant
That's fucken genius.
Is there a reason the only quality available is 360p?
Because it hasn't finished processing HD. RUclips can take a while to do that.
Should be full HD now 🤘🏻
Man I lost one of the o rings how hard is it to get another one or do you just match it up to find the closest and best fit
You can probably find some that will fit it. They are small. Otherwise they come with replacement screws
What size is the sc screw
Pls. Lmk
I don't know
$50 for two screws… they sure like to screw us audi owners
Jesus christ that was a nailbiter.
😂
@AudiC7Owners I didn't think it was gonna snap 😂 good for you. Actually keeping in the mistake and showing how you fixed it. Shit made me laugh, it snapped and you were causal as hell.