Shopping a '99 - How to be sure the exhaust manifolds are OK?

super90 · 06-10-08, 02:12 PM

Found a super clean '99 with about 65k miles on it. Want to be sure we don't buy a rig with the dreaded exhaust manifold issue. How can we be sure ????

Also, any other big gotcha's to look for other than usual used car suspects?

Hoping to switch from the 80-series FZJ to the UZJ 100-series.

TIA,

R.

pint · 06-10-08, 03:18 PM

The main sign of the exhaust manifolds being cracked is a slight ticking upon a cold startup. It will usually go away within 10-30 seconds. I ran mine for 30K before I had it fixed with no problems. It's more of an annoyance than anything.

Even though the rig only has 65K, you may consider the 90K service since the vehicle is 9 years old. That can run from $1-2K including parts.

super90 · 06-10-08, 07:19 PM

Thanks pint. Yes, I thought about the 90k mi. service since at least one maintenance schedule I have seen says "90,000 or 72 months". Would probably drive it for a bit and get all the other items baselined before I dropped that bit of cash into it.

R.

Trunk Monkey · 06-10-08, 09:21 PM

Don't mistake the cats ticking (normal) for the exhaust manifold. Easy to tell the two apart, they come from two very different locations.

06-10-08, 02:12 PM	#1
super90 IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 190	Shopping a '99 - How to be sure the exhaust manifolds are OK? Found a super clean '99 with about 65k miles on it. Want to be sure we don't buy a rig with the dreaded exhaust manifold issue. How can we be sure ???? Also, any other big gotcha's to look for other than usual used car suspects? Hoping to switch from the 80-series FZJ to the UZJ 100-series. TIA, R. __________________ Robert Callaway '94 FZJ80 202k mi. - Bone Stock and Locked, less the OE roof rack, add a D31M '85 FJ60 - Sold to some guy in Houston, who sold it to some other guy. Dallas, TX

06-10-08, 03:18 PM	#2
pint IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Parker, CO TLCA# 17493 Posts: 1,043	The main sign of the exhaust manifolds being cracked is a slight ticking upon a cold startup. It will usually go away within 10-30 seconds. I ran mine for 30K before I had it fixed with no problems. It's more of an annoyance than anything. Even though the rig only has 65K, you may consider the 90K service since the vehicle is 9 years old. That can run from $1-2K including parts. __________________ 2000 UZJ100, OME 865, OME T-bars, Slee Diff Drop, Slee SliderSteps, TJM T3, PowerStop Cross Drilled & Slotted Rotors, 295 Terra Grapplers M101 Trailer - Sold 1993 Bontrager Race Lite MTB

06-10-08, 07:19 PM	#3
super90 IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 190	Thanks pint. Yes, I thought about the 90k mi. service since at least one maintenance schedule I have seen says "90,000 or 72 months". Would probably drive it for a bit and get all the other items baselined before I dropped that bit of cash into it. R. __________________ Robert Callaway '94 FZJ80 202k mi. - Bone Stock and Locked, less the OE roof rack, add a D31M '85 FJ60 - Sold to some guy in Houston, who sold it to some other guy. Dallas, TX

06-10-08, 09:21 PM	#4
Trunk Monkey IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Salt Lake City TLCA# 11251 Posts: 2,760	Don't mistake the cats ticking (normal) for the exhaust manifold. Easy to tell the two apart, they come from two very different locations. __________________ Cory Fillmore TLCA Western Individual Representative 99 UZJ

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