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(Message started by: Highlander on Jun 5^th, 2007, 11:38pm)

Title: 2.3 cracked inlet manifold info
Post by Highlander on Jun 5^th, 2007, 11:38pm

Quick question to the unfortunate ones that have had this...

What are the symptoms, is it severe enought to stall the engine once warm and cause it not to restart?

Title: Re: 2.3 cracked inlet manifold info
Post by jonnycab on Jun 6^th, 2007, 1:33am

Stuart, they only usually crack around the t-stat housing :)

I don't think the main part of the manifold actually gets hot enough to crack & IMO, if it was cracked, then it probably wouldn't run very well at all, hot or cold :)

If you pull off the double pipes on top of the manifold when it's ticking over nicely, you'll see what I mean ;)

Title: Re: 2.3 cracked inlet manifold info
Post by Matt on Jun 6^th, 2007, 7:37am

hey

every 2.3 ive seen thats had the intel go has also cracked the head on the inlet side between cyls 2 and 3 :(

Title: Re: 2.3 cracked inlet manifold info
Post by mot_man on Jun 16^th, 2007, 4:43pm

Question are the plastic 2.3 manifolds interchangeable with the 2.0 alloy manifold? i understand the eletrical connections would need modifying but I have an alloy manifold which I could swap ???.

Title: Re: 2.3 cracked inlet manifold info
Post by Highlander on Jun 16^th, 2007, 4:48pm

I know the heads arent too different and can be altered fairly easily to fit either engine but not sure if the manifolds are or someone would haver done it by now surely.
They will obviously fit each other but i dont know if they will work properly on the wrong engine.

Title: Re: 2.3 cracked inlet manifold info
Post by Matt on Jun 17^th, 2007, 5:50pm

mot man, the 2.0l head will fit onto the 2.3 block, so yes in a sencr the inlet will fit on the 2.3, its piped up diffrent but ive done the conversion on my estate

Title: Re: 2.3 cracked inlet manifold info
Post by Highlander on Jun 17^th, 2007, 8:31pm

Did you put the 2.0 manifold on yours Matt?
I thought you just used the 2.0 head

Title: Re: 2.3 cracked inlet manifold info
Post by Matt on Jun 17^th, 2007, 9:10pm

yeah, swaped it all over ;D

Title: Re: 2.3 cracked inlet manifold info
Post by Highlander on Jun 17^th, 2007, 9:51pm

There ya go, all sorted ;D

Title: Re: 2.3 cracked inlet manifold info
Post by Scorpius on Jun 18^th, 2007, 6:38pm

When mine went is jetted hot water/steam onto the TPS and shot it in the end. It started easy enough initially but would occasionally stall. The stalling got worse and worse and starting (after a stall) harder and harder until in the end it wouldn't start at all until i changed the TPS.

Ian