Manifold Bolt?
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Manifold Bolt?
Hey all, I was driving down the highway today and all of the sudden my engine got very loud and I could hear every time one of the cylinders fired. When I got home I got a flash light out and I noticed a new hole in my exhaust manifold on the drivers side. It looks like the others have a bolt or some kind of a plug over this hole. The way the hole is on top of the manifold it can't be a bolt to hold it onto the block so I am wondering what it is for. Obviously what ever was there fell out. Is this something I can easily fix?
Here's a picture of what I am talking about:
Thanks for your help!
Derrick
Here's a picture of what I am talking about:
Thanks for your help!
Derrick
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I believe that is where the air injection system hooked up. The PO probably disconnected the system and just had a plug or something in the hole. Do you have the smog pump/air injection system or does it look like it's been removed?
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It looks like there is one of these holes over each exhaust port. They all have a little cap over them. Look at the one on the right of the hole.
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What year/engine do you have? That could lead us to some answers.
No I don't mean a turbo. Air injection/smog control are the same thing. Air is injected into the exhaust by an air [smog] pump to thin out exhaust gases. It's usually done closer to the cat but I've seen some [not trucks] that inject air thru the exhaust manifolds.
Are you sure these are the original manifolds to the truck? Could be something a PO pulled off a different model engine and plugged them off because they weren't needed.
No I don't mean a turbo. Air injection/smog control are the same thing. Air is injected into the exhaust by an air [smog] pump to thin out exhaust gases. It's usually done closer to the cat but I've seen some [not trucks] that inject air thru the exhaust manifolds.
Are you sure these are the original manifolds to the truck? Could be something a PO pulled off a different model engine and plugged them off because they weren't needed.
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What year/engine do you have? That could lead us to some answers.
No I don't mean a turbo. Air injection/smog control are the same thing. Air is injected into the exhaust by an air [smog] pump to thin out exhaust gases. It's usually done closer to the cat but I've seen some [not trucks] that inject air thru the exhaust manifolds.
Are you sure these are the original manifolds to the truck? Could be something a PO pulled off a different model engine and plugged them off because they weren't needed.
No I don't mean a turbo. Air injection/smog control are the same thing. Air is injected into the exhaust by an air [smog] pump to thin out exhaust gases. It's usually done closer to the cat but I've seen some [not trucks] that inject air thru the exhaust manifolds.
Are you sure these are the original manifolds to the truck? Could be something a PO pulled off a different model engine and plugged them off because they weren't needed.
It is a 1992 F250 with the 351w.
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I believe that is where the air injection system hooked up.
Yea thats exactly what it is, my 87 has the same manifolds. Even though has a carb and is non catalyst, it had a air pumps, two of them with tubes running along the valve covers injecting air into the manifolds at each cylinder.
Hopefully you can just screw in a new plug, hope the threads are still there for ya.
Yea thats exactly what it is, my 87 has the same manifolds. Even though has a carb and is non catalyst, it had a air pumps, two of them with tubes running along the valve covers injecting air into the manifolds at each cylinder.
Hopefully you can just screw in a new plug, hope the threads are still there for ya.
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I believe that is where the air injection system hooked up.
Yea thats exactly what it is, my 87 has the same manifolds. Even though has a carb and is non catalyst, it had a air pumps, two of them with tubes running along the valve covers injecting air into the manifolds at each cylinder.
Hopefully you can just screw in a new plug, hope the threads are still there for ya.
Yea thats exactly what it is, my 87 has the same manifolds. Even though has a carb and is non catalyst, it had a air pumps, two of them with tubes running along the valve covers injecting air into the manifolds at each cylinder.
Hopefully you can just screw in a new plug, hope the threads are still there for ya.
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yes u can weld it shut if u have super powers and are able to weld cast iron....
ok sorry for the sarcasm no u cant weld it shut because its cast iron ;P plug it or get shorty headers or run to a junk yard and get a set of manifolds off an older 351 :P
ok sorry for the sarcasm no u cant weld it shut because its cast iron ;P plug it or get shorty headers or run to a junk yard and get a set of manifolds off an older 351 :P
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I ended up going to a hardware store and getting a threaded cap that fit in there. So far it is working.
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