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The good lady and I are travelling overland to Ibiza in a week and I'm just about finished prepping the truck.
Waiting for an alternator belt to arrive tomorrow morning and just about done. Just about everything that can be changed/flushed/refilled/cleaned/fixed has been.
The only thing I haven't done is fix the squeaky exhaust manifold leak.
The top rear stud has snapped (I found the snapped off bit with nut attached under the heat shield sat on top of the manifold) and its tweeting at certain revs. Obvious small sooty patch where it's leaking. Its got a bit louder in about a month but not much.
I'm dithering about fixing it because I'm not sure it's actually doing much harm and because if I snap any other studs and/or cant get them out I'll have a nightmare on my hands with departure imminent.
I'm taking tools with me and if it becomes a real problem I can fix it on the road.
I'm a reasonable mechanic but by no means expert.
What would you do? Any advice?
Thanks
Waiting for an alternator belt to arrive tomorrow morning and just about done. Just about everything that can be changed/flushed/refilled/cleaned/fixed has been.
The only thing I haven't done is fix the squeaky exhaust manifold leak.
The top rear stud has snapped (I found the snapped off bit with nut attached under the heat shield sat on top of the manifold) and its tweeting at certain revs. Obvious small sooty patch where it's leaking. Its got a bit louder in about a month but not much.
I'm dithering about fixing it because I'm not sure it's actually doing much harm and because if I snap any other studs and/or cant get them out I'll have a nightmare on my hands with departure imminent.
I'm taking tools with me and if it becomes a real problem I can fix it on the road.
I'm a reasonable mechanic but by no means expert.
What would you do? Any advice?
Thanks
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