Hello all, It was suggested to me recently by my mechanic that my exhaust manifold was possibly cracked.
I took my car in as I was experiencing a knocking noise and the car wasn't driving as it should, this was correctly diagnosed as a snapped dog bone mount.
He said on the test drive he could hear a pffft type noise when applying the accelerator,
I could definitely hear this too on the drive home, he said it was possible that the manifold had a crack in it but I have no way of knowing for sure?
I bet this isn't an easy job, getting to and removing the manifold is bound to be hard,
Is the only way of knowing if its cracked to remove it? I have read somewhere that it s sometimes the gasket that fails but I don't know.
Can anyone shed any light on this please?
Many thanks 20v roper.
I took my car in as I was experiencing a knocking noise and the car wasn't driving as it should, this was correctly diagnosed as a snapped dog bone mount.
He said on the test drive he could hear a pffft type noise when applying the accelerator,
I could definitely hear this too on the drive home, he said it was possible that the manifold had a crack in it but I have no way of knowing for sure?
I bet this isn't an easy job, getting to and removing the manifold is bound to be hard,
Is the only way of knowing if its cracked to remove it? I have read somewhere that it s sometimes the gasket that fails but I don't know.
Can anyone shed any light on this please?
Many thanks 20v roper.