1984 turbo has cracked exhaust manifold at the top.
Anybody know if it can be repaired with welding.
Alternatively anyone got one for sale.
Cracked exhaust manifold
Cracked exhaust manifold
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Kawadoodle
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Re: Cracked exhaust manifold
I'm not an expert but I guess it depends on how far the crack has developed. You might have some luck trying to repair it but used ones on ebay are quite cheap.
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750turboguy
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Re: Cracked exhaust manifold
lol.
This is funny because mine did the same thing years and years ago and another guy I knew who had a turbo, happened to him too.
So remove the whole thing and using a 3-corner (triangular file) file, start using the edges of the file and file in the crack all the way around making a V groove. Then get it welded and file the bead down and hit the manifold with some steel wool and a light coat of hi-temp flat black paint and good as new.
This is funny because mine did the same thing years and years ago and another guy I knew who had a turbo, happened to him too.
So remove the whole thing and using a 3-corner (triangular file) file, start using the edges of the file and file in the crack all the way around making a V groove. Then get it welded and file the bead down and hit the manifold with some steel wool and a light coat of hi-temp flat black paint and good as new.