Chim Manifold

[Duncan189]

Hey guys

Now got my 95 chimaera 4.0 running like a dream but the manifold's are both blowing under load they have pre cats etc anyone know where best place to buy them not much money left after full rebuild

Cheers

[saml666]

Do you know where exactly they're blowing?

The engineer doing my engine has just built up the faces of mine with weld and faced the whole thing flat again. Won't cost much and any decent engineer should be able to do it.

Cheers,
Sam

p.s. I have some spare manifolds but not decided quite what to do with them yet...

[Duncan189]

hi

where the four pipes go in to the pre cat chamber a common fault and i dont know to do as they are a hit and miss when it comes to repairing them

Cheers D

[Badmutha]

They can be welded at that point but I did a temporary repair on holiday by shoving gungum into the space between the four pipes,poking it in as far as possible until it squeezed out between the pipes,and it's still gastight after 2 years! I'll get around to doing a proper job when I need to remove the manifolds for another reason.

[haircutmike]

It is very common for the bolts to loosen, mine did and started blowing.
When I checked them they were finger tight, all of them!

If so, you will need a 9/16" spanner and a bucket of patience........

[Alexdaredevilz]

haircutmike said:

and a bucket of patience........

This ^^ +1000000000000000000000000000000000trillion

[Devil's Advocate]

haircutmike said:

It is very common for the bolts to loosen, mine did and started blowing.
When I checked them they were finger tight, all of them!

If so, you will need a 9/16" spanner and a bucket of patience........

If the car is serviced properly this should not happen. It is indeed a common problem but the factory service schedule calls for them to be tightened very other service, so they sholdn't be loose.

If the manifolds are at fault then you might want to consider these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

Cracking value I would think.

[haircutmike]

Devil's Advocate said:

haircutmike said:

It is very common for the bolts to loosen, mine did and started blowing.
When I checked them they were finger tight, all of them!

If so, you will need a 9/16" spanner and a bucket of patience........

If the car is serviced properly this should not happen. It is indeed a common problem but the factory service schedule calls for them to be tightened very other service, so they sholdn't be loose.

If the manifolds are at fault then you might want to consider these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

Cracking value I would think.

What is so special about these manifolds over standard?

[Duncan189]

Hey guys thanks for advice. The car was stood up for over seven years only covered 28k but now ordered stainless steel set with out pre cats for £536 +Vat as second had ones are £175 each in mild steel + Vat + Carrige £200 difference for new a no brainer.

[Jon Brown]

Duncan189 said:

Hey guys thanks for advice. The car was stood up for over seven years only covered 28k but now ordered stainless steel set with out pre cats for £536 +Vat as second had ones are £175 each in mild steel + Vat + Carrige £200 difference for new a no brainer.

Where did you order these from?

once received and fitted could you let me know how well they fit etc, im sure there will be other people that are interested. Pics would be good too

[MK INDY]

Jon Brown said:

Duncan189 said:

Hey guys thanks for advice. The car was stood up for over seven years only covered 28k but now ordered stainless steel set with out pre cats for £536 +Vat as second had ones are £175 each in mild steel + Vat + Carrige £200 difference for new a no brainer.

Where did you order these from?

once received and fitted could you let me know how well they fit etc, im sure there will be other people that are interested. Pics would be good too

I would also be interested to know where you can get replacement manifolds from, without the pre cats, as well.