medwards29
Construction Project Manager
ok so im in the process of fixing up my trucks exhaust. The story is that my cats were clogged and caused my EGR tube to break off of the manifold.
So my quick fix was to take the cats off, hollow them out into straight pipes and stuff the EGR tube back into the hole. Well it wasn't as simple as it sounded, lol. the manifold bolts connecting the y-pipe snapped off, YAY!! And the EGR tube wouldn't stay in the hole so we crimped it down and help in down with a water line gasket out of an old Freightliner! lol then i put it all back together and had major leaks, but thats just details right?
Anyways now im fixing my leaks by drilling out the manifolds the right way and inserting larger bolts that hopefully wont rust into oblivion and installing brand new EGR tube. Of coure this day of work didn't go well either. I managed to break a stud on cylinder #1 (1st one on passenger side)!! So what should i do? Put the manifold on disregarding the stud, or do I try taking the broken stud out? There is about 3/8" of thread still exposed on the stud so welding a nut to the end s possible, but I ain't got a welder. Will the manifold leak badly if I leave the stud alone?
So my quick fix was to take the cats off, hollow them out into straight pipes and stuff the EGR tube back into the hole. Well it wasn't as simple as it sounded, lol. the manifold bolts connecting the y-pipe snapped off, YAY!! And the EGR tube wouldn't stay in the hole so we crimped it down and help in down with a water line gasket out of an old Freightliner! lol then i put it all back together and had major leaks, but thats just details right?
Anyways now im fixing my leaks by drilling out the manifolds the right way and inserting larger bolts that hopefully wont rust into oblivion and installing brand new EGR tube. Of coure this day of work didn't go well either. I managed to break a stud on cylinder #1 (1st one on passenger side)!! So what should i do? Put the manifold on disregarding the stud, or do I try taking the broken stud out? There is about 3/8" of thread still exposed on the stud so welding a nut to the end s possible, but I ain't got a welder. Will the manifold leak badly if I leave the stud alone?