Hey all, so far my head gasket repair job is going well aside from the fact that it's taking longer than I thought it would. I've removed everything up to the head covers. The head bolts look like a torx head to me but I'm not positive. Can anyone tell me what I'll need to remove the bolts? Thanks.

 

Anyone?

 

I assume you mean the valve covers, not the heads or head covers.

8mm, 12 pt, deep well, 1/4" drive

The head covers on my golf clubs are slip on; no wrench required.

 

are you aware of the correct order of putting the bolts back in? have you downloaded the RAVE manual?

 

Yeah, I actually meant the exhaust manifold bolts. Too much sun yesterday lol. So I tried a 13mm on the exhaust manifold bolts with a breaker bar and stopped just short of rounding the head off. Are they Torx? I do have the manual but I haven't read on the order of the head bolts yet. I don't have the heads off yet. Thanks guys.

 

12 mm twelve star.

the head bolts are 16mm or 5/8ths. you need a big breaker bar and buy a bolt extractor cause the heads like to round off.

 

Twelve star is the same as a 12 point socket just for clarification.

 

So I'm having trouble getting the last two head bolts out which seems very common due to the space constraints. I busted a 3/8" goose neck in the process. I've tried 1/2" sockets/adaptors but they just don't fit in the space between the head and the firewall. Any ideas? Thanks.