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[Miggy24]

Hi can any one tell me what size start drive bit i need to undo the head bolts to the cyclinder head.Oh yeh its for a 2.0 16v

[RobG]

T50 I think Rory. Just removed head off the breaker yesterday. Pain in the f-----g arse

[Miggy24]

Thanks Rob .Not to bad really stripped everything down know probs in about a hour and a half.all i need to do is undo the head bolts and the head is out

[RobG]

Make sure you`ve released all the connectors at back of engine and the coolant pipe

[Miggy24]

Yeh all done rob

[Abiton]

T55 on mine, 96 N reg X202xev.

I know 'cos its the missing one out of work's set...

[Miggy24]

Just tryed to undo the head bolts but they are so tight that my star drive bit twisted.Is there away to undo them

[RobG]

Decent torx + torque wrench if they`re that tight. I managed mine with a 3/8 drive
(I did have a decent torx though)

[Gaffers]

Just tryed to undo the head bolts but they are so tight that my star drive bit twisted.Is there away to undo them

T55 and you need a good one otherwise you just keep breaking them....

[Andy H]

Just tryed to undo the head bolts but they are so tight that my star drive bit twisted.Is there away to undo them

T55 and you need a good one otherwise you just keep breaking them....

Agreed.

I found that the give/spring in my 1/2" breaker bar was hurting my hands as the bolts freed in a series of jerks so I used a 1/2" to 3/4" adapter and a 3/4" breaker bar.

[Miggy24]

Head bolts are all undone now bloodly hard work i tell you lol.Just have 2 more bolts to undo and the head will be off would of had the head off 2day but got dark early 2night

[Miggy24]

Here is a quick pic to where i am with the engine now
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[Miggy24]

Right well iv got the head off 2 day and the head and vavles are all good thank god but only prob there is that one of the last owners had snap 2 of the exhaust manifold bolts so now i need to get them out.So now what i wanna do is get all the vavles out and polish them up and get the head all cleaned.But Rob you was right they are a pain in the ass to get off lol

[Marks DTM Calib]

Nah there not.....not bad at all.....the cracking is micro welding of the bolts to the washers, its nothing to do with the give in the bar

[Andy H]

Nah there not.....not bad at all.....the cracking is micro welding of the bolts to the washers, its nothing to do with the give in the bar

Micro-welding sounds perfectly plausible, all I know is that with a 1/2" breaker bar each turn sounded like a creaky hinge (and was bloody painful) and when I switched to a more rigid (and heavier) T-Bar the head bolts came undone in a series of smooth movements.