I was installing my ground kit this morning, and when I was removing the back two screws from the engine cover, they actually snapped in half. Is this bad?

 

If the bottom ends of the bolts are still stuck in your engine, you can fix your problem by:

1) Go buy those bolts from the dealer.
2) Go to your local autoparts dealer and ask tell them of your problem. Most stores offer small kits for like $10 that comes with a small drill bit to drill into the top of the bolt to create a small hole (don't drill all the way down, just enough to make a shallow hole in it). The kit then comes with a reverse drill bit that you put the tip of the bit in the small hole you create and it will reverse drill the bolt out of the engine. I have done this several times and this has work everytime. It's really easy...

 

Yeah, I called my mechanic friend and he came over and he did exactly what you just said. Even though it wasn't major, problem solved.

 

The fact that such a tool exists for an elegant solution to the problem should make you feel better... you're not the first, and won't be the last, person to snap off a bolt. [img]/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/img]

2003.5 G35 Sedan Desert Platinum/Graphite Premium/Sport/Aero/Nav/Winter

 

I had to that with GD sucky ace splitfire whose hex nut melted off somehow??????? Acura Integra with no other problems ever and the thing had to be reverse drilled out of the block...NGK now and forever