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Originally Posted by Ohsoslow
Awesome Wayne!! Glad to hear you got it sorted! How long did the manifold part of the job take you? What’s the weight difference between manifolds? Imagine the old one is pretty light!
(And if you’re anything like me, you have plans to take lots of photos, then just end up getting stuck in to get the job done!)
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The old manifold might be 1500g, the new one is more like 4000g. Big difference.
*edit* just weighed old manifold - 3000g - a bit more than my estimate of 1500g!! So not such a big difference after all...
I reckon it took about 2.5 hours remove the old manifold and install the new one. But this is with all the prep done before-hand (removing the Tupperware...), i.e. it took 2.5 hours from undoing the first manifold stud to torquing down the last one.
Add another hour to find the one sodding (new) manifold nut I dropped...
Regarding the carbon on the heat shield, it may not all be from manifold cracks. I noticed a number of the old manifold gaskets show signs of "blow-by", especially the outlet to the turbine. Next time you are changing the air filter element, re-torque all your manifold nuts/bolts. Might be the main cause for the carbon build up.
Yeah, more work, less photos....