Sorry if this has been covered. I did a search in this XP forum and nothing comes up...
My 08 XP has 3,200km.
Put on S36 kit the other day and noticed only 1 rivet remained in the bottom of my front heat exchanger. The other rivets were still in place but with not heads so were doing nothing to hold exchanger in place.
I then drilled out the remaining rivet and punched the others out and collected them with a magnet from under the engine. Obviously they are not aluminium.
Well all I had on hand was aluminium rivets so I popped them in and 200km later only one remains...
Considering no room under the engine to install a bolt, what rivet would serve as a more permanent solution?
Also note that original rivet holes are now oval shaped.
I know this is a common issue as per other posts but I can't find any posts stating what fastener method stopped the problem from happening again.
Oversized rivets?
Stainless Steel?
Pull engine and bolt with nylocks?
Drill and tap machine screw with loctite?
Thanks all.
My 08 XP has 3,200km.
Put on S36 kit the other day and noticed only 1 rivet remained in the bottom of my front heat exchanger. The other rivets were still in place but with not heads so were doing nothing to hold exchanger in place.
I then drilled out the remaining rivet and punched the others out and collected them with a magnet from under the engine. Obviously they are not aluminium.
Well all I had on hand was aluminium rivets so I popped them in and 200km later only one remains...
Considering no room under the engine to install a bolt, what rivet would serve as a more permanent solution?
Also note that original rivet holes are now oval shaped.
I know this is a common issue as per other posts but I can't find any posts stating what fastener method stopped the problem from happening again.
Oversized rivets?
Stainless Steel?
Pull engine and bolt with nylocks?
Drill and tap machine screw with loctite?
Thanks all.