I was gonna pull the head off today and change my gasket and one of the bolts is stripped.
its a 12 point star type bolt.
I was using a 10mm allen socket which was working fine. However, when i got to one of the bolts, it was already stripped, like whoever took the engine apart before had stripped it.

Any Ideas? thanks for any help.... project is now at a stand still.

This post has been edited by eggman40: Apr 10, 2009 - 6:19 PM

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3s head bolts are 12mm triple square bit heads.
everything else you risk stripping the bolt, like what you have.
maybe a proper bit?
or one of those bolt out thingys?

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Quick UPDATE: I looked at theBGB and it turns out that the "special tool" SST 09043-38100 to remove the cylinder bolts is acutally an Allen tip socket or as they call it Hexagon 10mm Wrench...

I ended up using my 10mm allen socket and a t55 torx to remove the already stripped bolt. Hope this info helps somebody.

This post has been edited by eggman40: Apr 10, 2009 - 7:34 PM