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PeterInSTL
01-22-2006, 06:24 PM
The Plastic Bleeder screw on the radiator expansion tank broke in half today. Any tips on getting the other half out? I could drive around spewing antifreeze all over the place, but at $22/gal. I would rather not. As always all advice is much appreciated.

632 Regal
01-22-2006, 06:41 PM
Winfred uses a hot screwdriver to melt a slot in it, someone else used a different technique that I dont remember. Maybe a search on broken bleeder screw?

winfred
01-22-2006, 06:41 PM
heat the tip of a screwdriver and melt it into the screw then back it out, just don't melt into the radiator and screw up the threads

632 Regal
01-22-2006, 11:00 PM
I knew I was close.

Jon K
01-23-2006, 01:08 AM
A lot of people forget stuff like that. My buddy stripped the hex head off of his HID ballast... i dremeled a slit in it and unscrewed it. He thought i should get an award or something.

PeterInSTL
01-23-2006, 09:17 AM
Thank you very much. Got the broken bleeder screw out this morning. Thanks for all of the advice. You guys make owning one of these cars a lot easier. Thanks again