Camshaft bearing cap

[Risstanomak]

So I was reinstalling a camshaft bearing cap and had the torque set at 20ft/lbs because I got my numbers mixed up. I ended up snaping the bolt and the lower half is stuck for the moment. I want to test the work I did on the engine. Do you think something will get damaged if I run it with only one bolt holding the bearing cap down?

 

[Focker420]

YES DO NOT START WILL FAIL FOR SURE.

So you screwed up the torque seq. or the location of the caps ex. The 2-5 caps on each side.

was it intake or exhaste NEED MORE INFO...

 

[Locke]

extract the broken bolt and replace it. Period. Do NOT run the engine without it.

 

[Risstanomak]

It was the first bolt of the exhaust cam sequence. I'm extracting it today. Would the journal break off if I started it?

 

[dr1665]

It was the first bolt of the exhaust cam sequence. I'm extracting it today. Would the journal break off if I started it?

Maybe not, but you'd likely screw up the mating surface where the cam rides. Those caps are numbered for a reason. Screw one up and you would have to pull the head to have those caps line bored and I'm sure you don't want to do that.