mobythevan Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 While looking over the turbo engine found broken exhaust manifold stud at the rear of the eninge. Can't get a drill on it unless I pull the intake manifold or get some angle air drill(maybe). Then found that all three studs on the downpipe are broken off by whoever pulled the engine. So I start to remove the downpipe to work on this and break the EGR fitting because it is brittle. So I think EGR is history, I am just making a plate to block it off on the intake manifold. I had to remove the EGR valve to put penetrating oil on the fitting so I can remove it from the intake manifold, so I will just leave it off. So this weekend only lead to more work to get this swap completed, frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Sucks man... Len had me pull the downpipe and exaust before we pulled the engine, there were 4 studs FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobythevan Posted March 31, 2003 Author Share Posted March 31, 2003 Its the 3 studs that mount to the exhaust pipe flange, the 4 studs at the turbo are OK. It also appears to me that the wastegate is stuck from the engine setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Ohhhhhhh, gotcha. My turbo was sticky and WD40 freed it up instantly, maybe it would help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 If you want to replace the downpipe, let me know. $25 plus shipping and it's yours. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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