Has any body had the exhaust maniflod leak or have a crack in them? I have a 2000 with 79000 miles and the exhaust is cracked. Any common locations to look for?

Tahnks
JIm

 

More then likely the bolt heads broke off, quite common on these trucks. Hopefully they can get the broken off bolts out easily enough.

I know some V8's had issues with cracking manifolds (expeditions I think?) but have yet to hear of it on a V10 personally. Go see if all the bolt heads are visible on your manifolds.

 

I just went out and did a quick check and I found 2 on the rt. side broke off.
Havent gone under to see if there are others. Do any of You folks know what it cost on average to remove one at a shop or dealer. The 2 I found are right in the area of the rt. frt. shock. What was there problem with the studs they used? Is there any call back on them? Please Help.

Thanks
Jim

 

If you would go to the V-10 forum; https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum49/
you will find lots of help with this problem.