The cold weather has brought a dieselly rattle noise from the engine compartment for the first couple minutes after a cold start. Sounded like an exhaust leak.
I hooked up my Shop-Vac to the tailpipe to blow air into the exhaust. I pulled the passenger tire and the passenger side exhaust manifold heat shield first, figuring someone had replaced the starter at some point and had not torqued the exhaust manifold studs properly.
Well, I was partly correct. Spraying soapy water on the passenger manifold, I got some really good bubbles from the manifold at the rear-most cylinder. However, instead of coming from the side of the manifold/gasket, the air comes from where the tube joins the flange. (Sorry, my wife can't take a video without making it vertical.)
Also, I took a good look at the starter, and turns out it is the old, longer style with the red label. I believe it is original. Service records don't show that it has ever been changed, now at 140k miles.
So, I guess I'll make lemonade out of this, taking the opportunity to replace the "could die at any moment" starter when the manifold is being replaced.
I saw @bloc has had a cracked manifold, although I believe he felt it was caused by a machine shop who worked on the manifold. Anyone else had a cracked manifold on a 200 Series?
I hooked up my Shop-Vac to the tailpipe to blow air into the exhaust. I pulled the passenger tire and the passenger side exhaust manifold heat shield first, figuring someone had replaced the starter at some point and had not torqued the exhaust manifold studs properly.
Well, I was partly correct. Spraying soapy water on the passenger manifold, I got some really good bubbles from the manifold at the rear-most cylinder. However, instead of coming from the side of the manifold/gasket, the air comes from where the tube joins the flange. (Sorry, my wife can't take a video without making it vertical.)
Also, I took a good look at the starter, and turns out it is the old, longer style with the red label. I believe it is original. Service records don't show that it has ever been changed, now at 140k miles.
So, I guess I'll make lemonade out of this, taking the opportunity to replace the "could die at any moment" starter when the manifold is being replaced.
I saw @bloc has had a cracked manifold, although I believe he felt it was caused by a machine shop who worked on the manifold. Anyone else had a cracked manifold on a 200 Series?
