I had the rear heater hose bust on me a few weeks back, and spray hot coolant all over the driver's side of the engine. The motor did not over heat.
Shortly after that I developed an exhaust leak that was getting pretty loud, so I decided to replace the gasket. I pulled everything off, put a new remflex gasket on, and torqued to 25 ftlbs as recommended on the remflex packaging. I then cranked her up, only to still have a persistent leak. Due to this, I took everything back down to expose the manifold and retorqued the bolts to about 35 ft lbs. When I reassembled and cranked this time, I had an intake leak. I grabbed my spray bottle and hit the manifold with water. As expected, it idled down every time I sprayed the underside of the manifold.
My best guess is that the manifold is warped some and needs to be milled. I've taken everything back off again and think my suspicion is confirmed. No cracks anywhere. I'm planning drop it off for milling on Monday, and going back to doubled Toyota OEM gaskets on the next attempt. Anybody have any other ideas, critiques or comments?
Shortly after that I developed an exhaust leak that was getting pretty loud, so I decided to replace the gasket. I pulled everything off, put a new remflex gasket on, and torqued to 25 ftlbs as recommended on the remflex packaging. I then cranked her up, only to still have a persistent leak. Due to this, I took everything back down to expose the manifold and retorqued the bolts to about 35 ft lbs. When I reassembled and cranked this time, I had an intake leak. I grabbed my spray bottle and hit the manifold with water. As expected, it idled down every time I sprayed the underside of the manifold.
My best guess is that the manifold is warped some and needs to be milled. I've taken everything back off again and think my suspicion is confirmed. No cracks anywhere. I'm planning drop it off for milling on Monday, and going back to doubled Toyota OEM gaskets on the next attempt. Anybody have any other ideas, critiques or comments?