Since things have been quiet for a while, I have a car related question.
Are small block Chevy (350) exhaust manifolds prone to cracking?
My son's car had a problem last year, and needed his engine replaced.
Unfortunately, it was too far away (he's at college) so I couldn't bring
the car home to do the work my self. We had a shop install a
remanufactured engine into his car. Now, a year later, we seem to have
an exhaust leak in the engine compartment.
She shop that did the work is dismissing the possibility that a gasket
may be leaking, instead claiming that the manifold has cracked. I find
it difficult to believe them, since they did a piss-poor job of
installing the engine (I've had to fix many, many things that they did
wrong). I find it odd that the exhaust manifold lasted 20 years and
100,000 miles with no problems, but within 6 months (and less than 4,000
miles) of them working on the engine, they claim it has cracked.
So, my question is, is it a common problem for Chevy small block exhaust
manifolds to crack?
Tim Mullen
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