Engine repaired had to show someone!

[pbarx]

So after exhaust manifold failed






this is what i have now


im in love!!!!

 

[wipe_out]

Awesome!!

I know the feeling.. Dropped in a new 5.7 V8 engine a few months back..

 

[lynall]

How old was the exhaust manifold?


Lynall

 

[FurnitureGuy]

Looks like a gorgeous bit of metalwork, nice job

 

[rafiki_]

Great job. You could eat your lunch off the engine.

 

[pbarx]

The exhaust manifolds were 11 years old, it has been in freshwater for 5 of them years though, definatley worth looking at this guys!

Yep its a clean one now Rafiki but jesus that sludhe was a nightmare to remove!

 

[pbarx]

On another note, since the work on the engine has been done i seem to have lost the audible beep when the ignition is turned on, should i be concerned about this chaps?

 

[julians]

Were they the dry joint manifolds or the wet joint ones?

If they were 11 years old they were right on the cusp of when mercruiser switched from wet joint with all the issues that they had to the much more robust dry joint.

How did they fail? At the gasket between manifold and riser?