nismo5

ive had my xj for almost a year and my girls been driving it with a cracked exhaust manifold the whole time it sounds like a total pile of shmit loud as hell can this damage the engine?? how do i check for damage?? i am going to order a header for it but i dont want to waste money on a header if the motor is already damaged where is the cheapest place to buy a header ??


thanks all

mike albo

When I had my 92 XJ Iput on a RuggedRidge header.They make three versions black painted,stainless steele,and polished stainless steele.I ordered them on line at jeepparts.com.I had the black painted (I really wanted the stainless one).With shiping it was under 200 bucks.

nismo5

nice summit wanted $253 i dont remember what brand have you had any problems with it ??

98 JeepJeep

235??? waste of money IMO http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Stain...Q5fAccessories
Oredered that header and been running it for 20K

captainwoot

I agree, just get on ebay, bought mine for the 98 for $55 cdn plus shipping!

nismo5

wow thats a good deal ill have to order one of those manifolds but does anyone know if running with it cracked all this time will damage the engine ???

Firestorm500

Not yet.

nismo5

182k on the clock and who knows how long its been cracked we bought it that way almost a year ago is there any way to make sure ?? compression test?? it sputters when you fire it up but it runs fine while running and it passed smog with a broken manifold??

SeriousOffroad

This one:
http://www.ineedparts.com/index.php?...oduct_id=15343

nismo5

both links to manifolds were for the wrong years its an 89

sorry had too

SeriousOffroad

Sorry, didn't see the year in your sig till after the fact.