lower intake

[zadam123]

thanks for the replys, my mechanic now says to hold off on the manifold because it might be the thermostat housing. ill keep you posted

man its hard to find a good mechanic out there, i was 2 clicks away form buying the manifold

[Hotsauce]

Its probably 4 hours labor to swap the lower manifold. If you have it off you should replace the thermostat anyway.

Anyone who installed a SC has a spare manifold gathering dust.

John C.

[johnnyapollo]

Be careful with the Trooper manifold - the 3.2L takes a smaller, square TB.

-- John

[deermagnet]

Be careful with the Trooper manifold - the 3.2L takes a smaller, square TB.

-- John

That's why I put " '98 and up" in my post. That eliminates all the old engines. All '98+ Troopers had the new 3.5L and all '98+ 3.2L engines have the same manifolds as the 3.5L.

Mark

[Ldub]

thanks for the replys, my mechanic now says to hold off on the manifold because it might be the thermostat housing. ill keep you posted

man its hard to find a good mechanic out there, i was 2 clicks away form buying the manifold

I'd be gettin' ready to RUNN if a mech told me I needed an intake, then said "well, maybe it's the thermo housing"... WTF?

Though most of the same stuff has to come off to do either.
Also, there are some O rings that seal the thermo housing & hard pipe which comes off the back side, that feeds the heater core.

What are your symptoms? At the rate this guy is diagnosing the problem, it could turn out to be blinker fluid...

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