71 scamp

I think i really messed up, so im going to start from the begining just in case everythings related.
So last week i was driving and the Power steering belt flew off and the car over heated.
I was close to my house and was able to get the car home by pushing it.
I losened the two bolts that hold in the power steering pump and put a new belt on, i had a LOT of trouble getting the pullys aligned and repetedly untighted and retighted.
There still not straight. BUT I was just working on it a second ago and i loosened the top bolt connected to the block more than i usually did and radiator fluid started gushing out. I undid the plug on the radiator to try and stop the fluid from going through the block. So it stopped leaking but now the bolt wont go back in, it just spins and wont retighten.
Any ideas on what i should do??? Did i really mess up or is this a normalish problem?
Thanks in advance

blue 68 gts

Sounds like you stripped out a water jacked thread.

I suppose you could drain the system and helicoil the hole. About it. Or get a new engine.

TVLynn

@What car ? Scamp ?? LA V8? The ps bolts do screw into the water jacket. So water coming out is normal. Make sure the bolt is actually long enough

bremereric

Take the bolt out inspect the threads. I am pretty sure they are rusted up and may be stripped. Get a new bolt and use some thread sealer and try that first. One alternator and one powersteering bolt enter the water jacket.

scotts74birds

X2 on the long-enough bolt. Just in case, Helicoil will work great! You may have to play with bolt lengths and washers to get the alignment right.