spleenharvester
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Fiat 500 2011 1.2 8v, sump change due to leaking gasket. I think this car has had a sump before and I have a sneaking suspicion the last guy damaged the threads on this particular bolt, and JB welded it in place or something because they didn't want to deal with it.
The procedure went relatively well until I reached this 13mm bolt. The others were quite tight but came out without too much hassle. This one... I threw my whole body weight against it with a huge breaker bar. It just would not budge. Then the head rounded off, and you know the rest. 3 days of trying every last thing people on the internet recommended and it's now resulted in the mess you see in the picture. In the process of trying to remove the head of the bolt with a dremel I also slightly grazed the back of the flywheel, which I'm hoping I will get away with.
I've accepted I need to get a pro to look but the car isn't driveable and zero mobile mechanics in my area are responding to their messages, so currently I am really SOL with this car. If anyone can think of anything I can try as a ditch attempt I'd be grateful.