onespiritbrain Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Hey guys, I must have tweaked the fitting in the pictures below while I was tightening the big EGR flange nut. It’s leaking now and it looks like I’m going to have to replace the entire upper intake manifold...... I was wondering if anyone has dealt with this issue before and if it’s possible to heat that area up and knock a new fitting in? Also I am going to try and knock the current fitting back in place however I fear it will only worsen the leak. Any help or suggestion is greatly appreciated. Really don’t want to go to the junk yard for a whole new intake(my other intake has broken vacuum lines and that same fitting is warped) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onespiritbrain Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 I think I’m going to try to pipe tap the hole to whatever’s closest 3/8 or 1/2 and slap a barbed fitting in there. Pictures and results tomorrow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Hey guys, I must have tweaked the fitting in the pictures below while I was tightening the big EGR flange nut. It’s leaking now and it looks like I’m going to have to replace the entire upper intake manifold...... I was wondering if anyone has dealt with this issue before and if it’s possible to heat that area up and knock a new fitting in? Also I am going to try and knock the current fitting back in place however I fear it will only worsen the leak. Any help or suggestion is greatly appreciated. Really don’t want to go to the junk yard for a whole new intake(my other intake has broken vacuum lines and that same fitting is warped) I used rtv sealant around mine 6 months ago. Hasn't leaked a drop since. Maybe you can try that.Mr Cox 96R50-97JR50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Given the angle it's at I'd assume the problem isn't so much that it's pulled out as that the pipe going into the manifold is bent and deformed. That sucks, definitely a bad design to have something that fragile that close to a stubborn nut. Caulk might work for a while, but tapping for a 90° fitting sounds like a better fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onespiritbrain Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 Boy.. that upper intake is a gigantic, huge, major pain, it’s enough to drive a man insane. I won’t rant.. but I am very displeased.Anyway, success! I was able to cut some threads into the hole left behind after I knocked the warped fitting out. The only tap I had at the shop was a 1/2 bspp which doesn’t have a taper but I used some high quality tape and I feel pretty confident it’ll hold up.Here’s pics :] 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjotrainbrain Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Looks like you did a pretty good job of it, hopefully your solution holds up for ya! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Nice fix! Hopefully the thread tape keeps it all sealed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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