Exhaust manifold crack repair
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Exhaust manifold crack repair
Has anyone ever found a good quick temporary repair for that small crack most XJs get were all the exhaust manifold tubes come together? I have a new manifold but untill I get around to changing it I'd like to try something. Mines not a big crack just a hairline one but I smell exhaust sometimes and get occasional O2 sensor codes. Thanks
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I doesn't take long to swap the new one on. By the time you did something to fix the old one you could have installed the new one...
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They will all crack eventually, you can grind down the crack a bit and weld it up if you feel you really must. Just let it go and replace it when you have the time would be the best bet.
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The bad thing with welding an old manifold would be that you still have the original problem of little to no flex in it. Even the generic replacement manifolds have the "accordion" flex joints on the first and last pipes.
I pulled my cracked manifold off a few weeks ago when I thought I had just the one crack by the collector. Once it was off I noticed another 3 or 4 hairline cracks on some of the other areas too. I forgot to mention my manifold was already welded up once before and the weld broke worse than it was the first time. It made it about 5,000 welded though.
I pulled my cracked manifold off a few weeks ago when I thought I had just the one crack by the collector. Once it was off I noticed another 3 or 4 hairline cracks on some of the other areas too. I forgot to mention my manifold was already welded up once before and the weld broke worse than it was the first time. It made it about 5,000 welded though.
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The bad thing with welding an old manifold would be that you still have the original problem of little to no flex in it. Even the generic replacement manifolds have the "accordion" flex joints on the first and last pipes.
I pulled my cracked manifold off a few weeks ago when I thought I had just the one crack by the collector. Once it was off I noticed another 3 or 4 hairline cracks on some of the other areas too. I forgot to mention my manifold was already welded up once before and the weld broke worse than it was the first time. It made it about 5,000 welded though.
I pulled my cracked manifold off a few weeks ago when I thought I had just the one crack by the collector. Once it was off I noticed another 3 or 4 hairline cracks on some of the other areas too. I forgot to mention my manifold was already welded up once before and the weld broke worse than it was the first time. It made it about 5,000 welded though.
I have also had a header with a flex pipe on it blow out the flex portion. Was much larger of a leak than any cracked manifold ive ever heard.
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yes it's a pretty easy job, took me and a buddy about 3 hours last week to change mine out. Of course I start pb blasting it 2 weeks before hand. To remove the exhaust manifold you have to pretty much remove everything on the driver side of the engine. Airbox and plumbing, power steering pump, intake and fuel line. The intake and exhaust share common bolts and a gasket, so be sure you have a new gasket handy. Theres a pretty excellent write up on how to do it in the write up section.
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