Jake Brake
Veteran Member
I am pretty certain i have an exhaust leak because no puff of black smoke. I have a pretty loud hiss when building boost.
What i have done
1: bypassed egr cooler
2: replaced flexible exhaust piece by cat.
3: cleaned and looked all over for soot tracks
It only leaks under moderate to high boost and does zap some power.
Working on making a homade smoker system with an old soldering iron, paint can and acouple of fittings and baby oil with an old sock for a wick.
My question is how prone to cracks are the exhaust manifolds?
How prone to blowing out exhaust manifold
gaskets?
How big of a pain is the manifold to remove?
Found out if egr and cooler is off you can remove down pipe with cat out of the top. It has to be jacked up pretty high to do so.
What i have done
1: bypassed egr cooler
2: replaced flexible exhaust piece by cat.
3: cleaned and looked all over for soot tracks
It only leaks under moderate to high boost and does zap some power.
Working on making a homade smoker system with an old soldering iron, paint can and acouple of fittings and baby oil with an old sock for a wick.
My question is how prone to cracks are the exhaust manifolds?
How prone to blowing out exhaust manifold
gaskets?
How big of a pain is the manifold to remove?
Found out if egr and cooler is off you can remove down pipe with cat out of the top. It has to be jacked up pretty high to do so.
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