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So it's currently in the garage with turbo removed, manifold removed
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Jaffacake wrote:Is it a common failure that hose from hell or is it caused by something specific?
RedMR² wrote:Crazy, how the hose itself is like£4, but about an 7-8 hour job to change the bloody thing!
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RedMR² wrote:Yep, exhaust manifold does not need removing, lucky they never snapped a stud in the head.
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Jaffacake wrote:RedMR² wrote:Yep, exhaust manifold does not need removing, lucky they never snapped a stud in the head.
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Just an update spoke to garage today and I miss heard them, they haven't removed manifold so slightly better news, the bolts that have sheared are the ones joining turbo to down pipe so not as bad as first thought![]()
Jaffacake wrote:wouldn't it be possible/viable to just drill old ones out and use a nut and bolt? Or wouldn't that be stable.