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Titanium
- Joined
- May 18, 2007
- Location
- nowhereville
Well, we starting sifting under the black funk of our excavator to further investigate an exhaust issue. We found a really special surprise!!! You gotta be happy for me!! A front side or RH exhaust manifold totally broke in half. Probably ran a year or more like that!
Anyway, exhausts are one of my HATED passions. GD bolts break, rusted through, etc. This engine probably has 10,000 hrs on it. I am curious to ask anyone with plenty of experience with the 3208, do I have any chance of these bolts actually coming out? Should I just go ahead and plan my day around dealing with broking bolts in the block?
Because if the limited life left in the engine, I have half the notion to find some half ass way of wrapping the manifold in something to help with the problem but I usually get bit when I try stuff like that. I must not carry the "master shade tree" certification.
Anyway, exhausts are one of my HATED passions. GD bolts break, rusted through, etc. This engine probably has 10,000 hrs on it. I am curious to ask anyone with plenty of experience with the 3208, do I have any chance of these bolts actually coming out? Should I just go ahead and plan my day around dealing with broking bolts in the block?
Because if the limited life left in the engine, I have half the notion to find some half ass way of wrapping the manifold in something to help with the problem but I usually get bit when I try stuff like that. I must not carry the "master shade tree" certification.