[Spridgets] Discovery
Mike Rivers
beatlemikey at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 13 00:46:08 MDT 2008
Hello,
I made a discovery when I started dissassembly for the 5 speed I'll be putting in shortly. To give a little background on this, I've been having trouble with dieseling at operating temperature during shutoff since the get go. I noticed that the exhaust manifold pipe connection has been leaking. There's a black exhaust mark on the block and the flange showed leakage over 50% of the sealing surface. The pipe and clamp were brand new when I installed them 2 years ago. Would a leaky manifold connection cause dieseling? I've decided to replace the manifold with the 3 stud design and toss the clamp manifold. Sound logical?
Thanks,
Mike Rivers
1961 MG Midget 1275
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