Best price on manifolds?

[Placemotorsports]

My dreaded tick has returned after welding up on the crack failed on me. Called the local dealer and they want $430 for the driver's side. Anywhere on-line are they cheaper?

 

[shaggyFJ]

Dorman makes some for our vehicles. Not sure if they're any good. I'm hoping someone has tried them.

1998-2005 Toyota Land Cruiser Exhaust Manifold - Dorman 674-104 - Left - PartsGeek.com

 

[shaggyFJ]

Hey. You're very close to me.

 

[2001LC]

$100 plus shipping. Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market
Run vin to see if they where replace under the TSB by Dealer, If older than 2002 IIRC. I've three 100 series and all where replaced by Dealer according to either Toyota or Lexus. Slee tells me they have never seen the replacements fail.

 

[Placemotorsports]

$100 plus shipping. Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market
Run vin to see if they where replace under the TSB by Dealer, If older than 2002 IIRC. I've three 100 series and all where replaced by Dealer according to either Toyota or Lexus. Slee tells me they have never seen the replacements fail.

Mine hasn't shown to be replaced by the dealer according to the Toyota app dealer search.

 

[Placemotorsports]

I have a 2000, should I search that site by 2002 instead of 2000 for a better quality manifold?

 

[2001LC]

I don't recall what manufacturing date Toyota correct the issue. You'll need to do some research, could be mid 2002 or even 2003.

 

[abuck99]

Spend the coin and upgrade to DT headers- warranty, improved performance, win- win

 

[Placemotorsports]

Have considered this, but I've seen that they too crack over time and don't want to do this a third time.

 

[n55luvr]

OEM manifolds are about $250 a pop from the online parts dealers. It's the labor for the driver side that will get ya. Passenger side is relatively straight forward.

As far as I've seen this issue was not fixed in 2002/2003. I have an '04 LC and it ticks like it's nobodies business. I just deal with it as it quiets down quite a bit after a few miles of driving.

I've thought about DT headers but I've read several posts about those cracking too and they are close to a grand for a pair. If / when I decide to repair I'll probably just go OEM and hope the replacement parts have some improvements.

 

[jamesg]

OEM manifolds are about $250 a pop from the online parts dealers. It's the labor for the driver side that will get ya. Passenger side is relatively straight forward.

As far as I've seen this issue was not fixed in 2002/2003. I have an '04 LC and it ticks like it's nobodies business. I just deal with it as it quiets down quite a bit after a few miles of driving.

I've thought about DT headers but I've read several posts about those cracking too and they are close to a grand for a pair. If / when I decide to repair I'll probably just go OEM and hope the replacement parts have some improvements.

Yeah, It's the labor that gets you. I was quoted 8 hours for my PS in my 2000! My daughter's 2004 4runner has the V8 and the tick. So I don't know when they fixed it.

 

[2001LC]

As far as I've seen this issue was not fixed in 2002/2003. I have an '04 LC and it ticks like it's nobodies business. I just deal with it as it quiets down quite a bit after a few miles of driving.
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Interesting.
Were you able to visually determine it's a crack?
Or
Is it just the sound that your going by.

 

[n55luvr]

Educated guess by visual inspection and process of elimination. I looked at all joints leading up to manifold and there were no leaks that I could pick up on. I also have taken a PVC pipe to get a targeted listen and I'm 95% sure manifold is cracked on driver side.

 

[abuck99]

Have considered this, but I've seen that they too crack over time and don't want to do this a third time.

I haven't heard of any failures on the recent production of DT' headers. We've all read early on there were some issue with welds but those were corrected ages ago-right?. In any case they are warrantied (limited lifetime warranty)- Toyota won't offer that. Yes you're out the labor to R&R.

Before you replace with OEM part that doesn't provide any improvement in scavenging / performance, call DT and ask them about the durability.

 

[abuck99]

Smoke test like 2001 did a few weeks back, but run it in the exhaust (tail) pipe upstream- there should be a smoke signal coming from the leaking header.

 

[CanadianRockyCruiser]

Get the Doug Thorley Headers...no brainer...

 

[2001LC]

Educated guess by visual inspection and process of elimination. I looked at all joints leading up to manifold and there were no leaks that I could pick up on. I also have taken a PVC pipe to get a targeted listen and I'm 95% sure manifold is cracked on driver side.

My sound is also on DS, but haven't isolated yet.

Smoke test like 2001 did a few weeks back, but run it in the exhaust (tail) pipe upstream- there should be a smoke signal coming from the leaking header.

Ali gave me the idea of using air pressure to find exhaust leak. Julian suggested stuffing a rag in tail pipe. I've rework my smoke tester so I can get more pressure & smoke pushed upstream from tail pipe. I'll run it soon with just air then smoke along with rag test. I've just be waiting until I could do a couple of high RMP runs on Highway (low gear holding over 4,500 RPM). This is to burn off any residue left from last smoke test. Smoke test to identify exhaust leak (ticking sound)

 

[abuck99]

Does your ticking sound go away or minimize once the engine gets to operating temp?

 

[n55luvr]

My ticking goes away when up to temp, or goes away about 90%. It's horribly loud at cold start. I can hear the faintest ticking at operating temp but no one else notices it.

 

[Placemotorsports]

Mine stays the same pretty much all the time