Proactive maintenance or let it ride?
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Proactive maintenance or let it ride?
I was doing a visual inspection on my F-250 (2019 6.2L, just over 19k miles) this morning and I noticed the heat shield on the right side exhaust manifold is cracked. It appears the factory over-torqued the fastening nut and created a tear.
Is it worth it to do any sort of proactive maintenance (spark plugs at 50k, loosen exhaust manifold nuts and apply anti-seize) or just let it ride? I’d like to keep this truck for 10+ years, but it’s also possible I’m going to sell it when I move out of state.
Is it worth it to do any sort of proactive maintenance (spark plugs at 50k, loosen exhaust manifold nuts and apply anti-seize) or just let it ride? I’d like to keep this truck for 10+ years, but it’s also possible I’m going to sell it when I move out of state.
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However, I don’t want to screw up anything like snapping the exhaust manifold studs off and making it worse. It seems that cracked manifolds are a common issue and I’d like to save myself the hassle of seized/stripped nuts and snapped studs if I can by doing a little preventative maintenance now.
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Since it’s not really causing any issues at the moment, I doubt they will do anything about it. I’ll ask at next oil change.
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