[General Question: Fasteners]

On 8/23/2016 at 1:53 PM, Maverik said:

In my opinion the bolts that are used in the engines are rather rubbish, (undersized AF M8's) in the most part. The heads very easily round off.

I've replaced some with standard 13mm AF 8.8 bolts and they're fine, I can't see any reason why there would be any problems, just be uber careful where threads go into aluminium and observe strict torque loads or you'll end up stripping the threads, but you can say that about most bolts.

The only possible downside is that 10.9 being a little less ductile, you might find if any age and you end up snapping them, they will be a royal pain to have to drill out.

Hi ajh,

I'm going through the same process just now and spotted your post.  What did you decide to do in the end?

Did you find anywhere that has a definitive list of all the fastenings needed on a 300tdi engine?  Its a pain in the wotsit to go through every component and work out what fasteners are required.

Cheers

Tim