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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: cossienick on 20 July 2009, 02:02:58
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hi all
i have a slight blowing from the drivers side manifold to head exhaust gasket.
no its only slight as i can only here it when the window is open and its not as bad once warm.
now i am going to be driving to top end of scotland from manchester at weekend
what i am asking is .
1 is it hard to change.
2 how long will it last before fully blowing .
3 can i just nip up the nuts .
4 would you risk driving all that way like it is as i realy could do without trying to sort it before i go.
thanx nick..
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Can be a real pain as the studs often shear, in which case it is head off unless you can get to it in situ. My last mig ran like it for over 2 years until it got bad enough to fail the MOT. Sheared the front most stud but that was easy to get at and fix.
Al
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hi all
i have a slight blowing from the drivers side manifold to head exhaust gasket.
no its only slight as i can only here it when the window is open and its not as bad once warm.
now i am going to be driving to top end of scotland from manchester at weekend
what i am asking is .
1 is it hard to change.
2 how long will it last before fully blowing .
3 can i just nip up the nuts .
4 would you risk driving all that way like it is as i realy could do without trying to sort it before i go.
thanx nick..
Are you sure its the manifold Gasket Nick, it was done about 18 months ago
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thanx al thats good to know.
pete i am not shure,i can see its had new nuts etc. i can hear it blowing on the drivers side whilst reving with my head under the bonnet . i cant realy see or feel anything though with my hand down ther . is ther any clamps on the down pipe close to the head that it could be ?dont realy wanna be taking half the engine to bits just to look .
and my luck sumthing will brake and i will we up the creek lol.
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Downpipe gasket ok?
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thanx al thats good to know.
pete i am not shure,i can see its had new nuts etc. i can hear it blowing on the drivers side whilst reving with my head under the bonnet . i cant realy see or feel anything though with my hand down ther . is ther any clamps on the down pipe close to the head that it could be ?dont realy wanna be taking half the engine to bits just to look .
and my luck sumthing will brake and i will we up the creek lol.
As James says it could be the down pipe gasket but that was new when I replaced the manifold gasket.
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thanx al thats good to know.
pete i am not shure,i can see its had new nuts etc. i can hear it blowing on the drivers side whilst reving with my head under the bonnet . i cant realy see or feel anything though with my hand down ther . is ther any clamps on the down pipe close to the head that it could be ?dont realy wanna be taking half the engine to bits just to look .
and my luck sumthing will brake and i will we up the creek lol.
As James says it could be the down pipe gasket but that was new when I replaced the manifold gasket.
ahh ok thanx lads.
with being new to theese cars i wasnt shure if ther was a join or how far down the first joint was.or if it even has a gasket or just a clamp.
i will check properly tomorrow after i have had a new windscreen fitted . dohh.
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Make sure is not the air pump fitted on passenger side behind bumper.
They only run when cold & when mine went it sounded like an exhaust blow.
Might be a long shot but worth checking before you start with manifold
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Make sure is not the air pump fitted on passenger side behind bumper.
They only run when cold & when mine went it sounded like an exhaust blow.
Might be a long shot but worth checking before you start with manifold
It hasn't got one ;)
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Oh maybe some do & others don't then.
Mine has a air suspension compressor on drivers side & a aux air pump on passenger side. i think its connected to the manifold somewhere?? maybe to egr system??
Mine had a broken pipe & sounded like the exhaust manifold was blowing. :y
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Oh maybe some do & others don't then.
Mine has a air suspension compressor on drivers side & a aux air pump on passenger side. i think its connected to the manifold somewhere?? maybe to egr system??
Mine had a broken pipe & sounded like the exhaust manifold was blowing. :y
It did have it fitted but I removed it, Nick owns my old car ;)
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Oh right that makes sense then. :y
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Oh maybe some do & others don't then.
Mine has a air suspension compressor on drivers side & a aux air pump on passenger side. i think its connected to the manifold somewhere?? maybe to egr system??
Mine had a broken pipe & sounded like the exhaust manifold was blowing. :y
It did have it fitted but I removed it, Nick owns my old car ;)
is that the old irmy estate? i was just looking pics of that today........ 8-)
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Try touching the EGR pipe (with a rag it gets very hot). Mine comes loose and blows, when you touch it the noise changes. To fix it you need some PTFE tape and to tighten it up.
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Oh maybe some do & others don't then.
Mine has a air suspension compressor on drivers side & a aux air pump on passenger side. i think its connected to the manifold somewhere?? maybe to egr system??
Mine had a broken pipe & sounded like the exhaust manifold was blowing. :y
It did have it fitted but I removed it, Nick owns my old car ;)
is that the old irmy estate? i was just looking pics of that today........ 8-)
Polar Sea Blue on :y wish i'd never sold it :'(
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Oh maybe some do & others don't then.
Mine has a air suspension compressor on drivers side & a aux air pump on passenger side. i think its connected to the manifold somewhere?? maybe to egr system??
Mine had a broken pipe & sounded like the exhaust manifold was blowing. :y
It did have it fitted but I removed it, Nick owns my old car ;)
is that the old irmy estate? i was just looking pics of that today........ 8-)
Polar Sea Blue on :y wish i'd never sold it :'(
Not suprised, that was a nice car, esp with all the work you had done in it. I know it was a pain at times though.