Exhaust Manifold Gasket

[Seasider]

Mod's sorry about the double post.....

I'm rather short of time tomorrow ( still need to get H.I.D's present ) & would rather like to be with TVR over the festive period...

So can the front offside exhaust manifold gasket (i.e. front 2 pots) be replaced without removing the whole manifold?

Tks in advance & Happy Christmas to all....

[colinrob]

no

[Seasider]

Tks....

Is that from experience?

[colinrob]

Earlier in the year Top Cats thought my manifold gasket was blowing took off manifold and replaced gasket it turned out to be a cracked manifold. I cannot see any way that you could just loosen the front two pods and replace the gasket as the manifold is all in one you would end up cutting the gasket to get it in and possibly distorting the manifold. Top Cats only charged about 2 hours labour for removal and replacement so is it worth bodging it/damaging it?

[Seasider]

wonder if they can fit me in tomorrow...

Tks Colin...

[colinrob]

Have you got there number

[midgster]

No, from personal experience! £4 part, 4 hours of labour!

[Seasider]

All done £10 gaskets as i bought a spare just in case i broke/bent one

Just over the hour i reckon, with the front four bolts undone i then released the Y piece clamp, the manifold sprung away from the head and the gasket slipped in!!!

If i wasn't so short of time today would probably have done the rear as well or all of them & lost the Cats

Tks again & happy