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| Exhaust Manifold 2.5-16; Might have a leak! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:38 pm (1,035 Views) | |
| Cossie 2.5 | Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:38 pm Post #1 |
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Can anyone help me.... What would be the symptoms if my exhaust manifold had a crack in it (a small one!)?? I think it might be and I actually have a spare but it's not going to be easy to get off the car so want to cover all bases really! |
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| dnrc | Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:29 pm Post #2 |
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depending on the size you would get noise (because you would be able to hear the detonation directly) and it would maybe run badly because of a lack of back-pressure. |
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| Sev | Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:46 pm Post #3 |
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well if you have an exhaust manifold on your 2.5-16, the easy solution is to get the exhaust headers, which are a readily available stock item. but if what you mean is that your headers are cracked, then you just remove them and take them to a muffler shop to have them welded |
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| RobertE | Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:13 pm Post #4 |
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I'm not sure they are available any more, but if they were, the last listed price I saw was £1100. But they are stainless steel, so you'd need a TIG set-up. I'm having one ceramically-coated next week. |
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| Cossie 2.5 | Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:22 pm Post #5 |
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Nice... How much and where are getting it coated?? Is it an experiment or do you know that it wont crack and hold the coating? I've got a spare but it is a pain to change just in case, so I wanted to be more confident that it was cracked |
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| Neil | Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:12 am Post #6 |
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Manifold = Headers Same thing. Funny how the American chooses to refer to a singular object in the plural? An Exhaust Manifold, like an Intake Manifold, is one piece. Tell me, do you guys call them 'Muffler Headers', or 'Exhaust Headers'? To me, the Muffler shop should only deal with the Silencer/Resonator part of our Exhaust systems. Otherwise, they'd be an Exhaust shop... |
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| Sev | Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:10 am Post #7 |
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nope, manifold is one peice, cast iron, headers are individual tubes welded to a flange. |
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| Neil | Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:16 pm Post #8 |
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Fair enough, you got me on that one. The vast majority of Brits would still refer to performance 'headers' as a Manifold, though. |
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| Lugy | Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:27 pm Post #9 |
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Just for reference, keep an eye on ebay.de. There was an exhaust manifold for about 300 euros. Unfortunately I've lost a lot of brain cells since school, and my German made up quite a lot of them so I'm not sure what it all said
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| chrismatheou | Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:38 am Post #10 |
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Robert if you are reading this how did the ceramic coating turn out? I'm considering getting rid of the wrap for this. |
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| RobertE | Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:39 am Post #11 |
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A slight technical hitch in that department, chap, but i'll report back on this... |
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| Neil | Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:46 am Post #12 |
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I want a ceramic-coated white one, just to hang on the wall
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| chrismatheou | Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:47 am Post #13 |
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Ok, cheers Robert. |
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| chrismatheou | Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:54 am Post #14 |
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I don't blame you! But it sure ain't gona be a cheap ornament! I've just had a convo with Zircotec they do Formula 1 and all sorts apparently and they estimate £300 + Vat + 15% for another colour to be applied over the performance white coating! F'k me might just order some fresh wrap I'm thinking it looks better than the ceramic coating anyway.
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| Neil | Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:11 pm Post #15 |
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That's about the going rate and tbh you'd pay nearly the same for a wheel refurb. Worth it for a minter I think. White exhausts FTW!
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