Manifold Problems

[Pens]

Anyone else have to replace an Exhaust Manifold? Mine took a dump at 24,000. Naturally it will be 3-5 days for a replacement. Way to hold up my PV installation!

[coachreed]

What went wrong with your manifold? Just curious if I need to look for something. Mine has 66K miles on it... no problems since I've had it... but who knows what had been done to it before I got it.

TTYL!

[Moncha]

Tone & SPAZZ both have had their manifolds break.... Not sure of anyone else though...

[coachreed]

Stupid question... as I haven't paid much attention, but do our VX's have a cast manifold or a tube header? Where are they breaking? No idea of whats causing it? If anyone has more info, I'd like to know so I can check mine out before I make another cross-country road trip. I may be driving out to Yellowstone in August to pick my son up from my out-laws (ex-in-laws).

TTYL!

[dtruax]

I never mistreat my car, I'm just as gentle as can be and mine broke as well.

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....not the actual exhaust manifold but afterwards the flange/downpipe (corrections?)

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/204crack_killed-med.jpg

cracked on the pass. side and finally broke sometime there after.

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/204flange-med.jpg

Spent a good three hours with my buddy at his shop takin out that section of pipe (with the cat and two O2 sensors) and patching it back up.

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/204exhaustpipe-med.jpg

Very happy that im not sounding like a V8 with no muffler any more ;Db; ...x

!And thats clay, sand, mud ect. bakin on there ;Db; not rust lol

MOST IMPORTANTLY...you can see that there is NO flex pipe on the side of the exhaust!?! The driver side piping has a flex pipe but the passenger side doest! WTf? Can we say set up? After any few respectable off roadin adventure its bound to crack*


*ok i drive hard and off road harder....x :rolleyes::rolleyes:

[VX922]

Cracked exhaust manifold! sounds like F150 type of a problem. Time to put on pair of headers.

[Dylan19]

Ive had that problem too. Pass. side 3 bolt manifold flange. We added the flex pipe, and welded it back up. I think it should be covered under exhaust/emmissions warranty. Because if that fails then so does the cat. which falls under emmissions warr.