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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Petex063 on 25 July 2009, 10:57:12

Title: Exhaust manifold gasket blowing
Post by: Petex063 on 25 July 2009, 10:57:12

Hi,

Unfortunately my 1995 V6 CD has just started "chuffing" from the back end of both exhaust manifolds and my local mechanic tells me that it will cost at least half what I might expect the car to be worth for them to fix it.

I think I'm going to have to clock up 40 posts on here so that I can offer it for sale to an enthusiast - I really don't want to scrap it.

I have read the post describing how to do the head gaskets (removing the heads seems to be the best way to get at the manifolds to replace their gaskets) but I don't really have the time to tackle that.

Anyone with any better ideas, please let me know.

Thanks

Peter

Title: Re: Exhaust manifold gasket blowing
Post by: Elite Pete on 25 July 2009, 11:01:08

Hi Peter and welcome to the forum.
Are you sure its the manifold gaskets and not the manifold to downpipe gaskets which are much easier to do. The driverside exhaust manifold gasket isn't that hard to do but the passenger side requires the engine lifting of its mounts and moving over slightly.

Title: Re: Exhaust manifold gasket blowing
Post by: Petex063 on 25 July 2009, 16:50:50

Well, the mechanic who checked it for me said he burnt his fingers feeling for where it was blowing - letting it cool, starting it up again and feeling for it and so on.  I trust what he's telling me, so yes its the manifold to head gaskets, both sides.

Can you get the engine off its mountings with a jack or will I need a hoist.  Presumably I'd need to decouple the prop shaft?  Would anything else need to be got out of the way to make room to move it across?

Thanks for your help