[Tigers] Exhaust Manifold Issues
Carlo Bernardino
crbdino at me.com
Tue May 8 07:07:43 MDT 2012
Ooops! I sit corrected.
Rob
On May 8, 2012, at 1:09 AM, Marc James Small wrote:
> At 01:15 AM 5/8/2012, Carlo Bernardino wrote:
> >Dear Tiger Gurus,
> >I was enjoying the Monterey weather this weekend and chasing down
> >porsches when the engine started sounding rough. I short shifted home
> >and popped the boot. Low and behold my exhaust manifold had ejected a
> >number of bolts. So much for bolts being seized on the manifold.
> >Anyway, I suspect I need to replace the gasket and bolts. So some
> >questions for the gurus:
>
> Lad, the 'boot' is the trunk. You popped the hood if you were looking at the engine. (A panoply of 1960's VW Bug jokes pop into my mind -- I only did around 100,000 miles in Alpines and other Rootes Group cars but I did about 600,000 miles in air-cooled VeeDubs, back in the day.)
>
> If you popped the boot and saw the engine, well, it is time to check in for some medical assistance on your meds. <he grins>
>
> Marc
>
>
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