bupalooga Silver Donating Members 260 Member For: 11y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: Griffith NSW Posted 23/06/23 08:19 AM Share Posted 23/06/23 08:19 AM I'm with you in that they are a bit messy looking. Don't have oil pooling in the intake manifold any more though. No smells. They definitely work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biddie_fiddler [IMPULSIV3] Donating Members 1,374 Member For: 5y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 09/07/23 12:59 AM Share Posted 09/07/23 12:59 AM Been just under 4k KMs since my last service, and I hadn't checked my exhaust manifold bolts since the service. Since doing the studs I figured they'd be fine, they were re torqued at the last service too. However on boost I noticed a strange noise I'm all too familiar with, exhaust leak! Checked it out yesterday, I've lost a nut and washer from cyl 6 lower stud 😭😭😭 Could see soot all around cyl 6 making it pretty clear what's happened. Checked all the others and had a couple that were loose. Dammit! 🙃 Emailed empire elite, hoping they stock individual parts as spares so I can buy some. For now, found a m10 nut in my dad's nut and bolt collection and used that for the time being. Thinking I should invest in some Nord lock washers to replace the titanium ones, thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tucker Donating Members 659 Member For: 5y 2m 19d Posted 09/07/23 01:14 AM Share Posted 09/07/23 01:14 AM Annoying man, but good pick up. Might be worth trying the nord lock washers. I need to get to work on my car. I'm half way through tidying up various lines. Coverting boost control silicone lines to braided AN lines, and I'm tidying up water lines. I hate the factory turbo waterline, so converting that to braided AN all the way. Not sure if I'm going to remove the header tank or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biddie_fiddler [IMPULSIV3] Donating Members 1,374 Member For: 5y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 09/07/23 03:24 AM Share Posted 09/07/23 03:24 AM I'd love do an water lines too! Bit of a pain to do though. You can get an adaptor that goes under the thermostat to convert to an, but it means you need to do an lines for the water line that goes behind the engine too. Would look mint though once done! Have an annoying update 🙃 Still noticing a small exhaust leak, it's coming from my screamer, I think the wastegate is stuck open a bit 👌👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tucker Donating Members 659 Member For: 5y 2m 19d Posted 09/07/23 05:06 AM Share Posted 09/07/23 05:06 AM Yeah I've got the billet lower and upper thermostat housings to convert it all, including the hardline AN10 adapter. Good luck with the screamer man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biddie_fiddler [IMPULSIV3] Donating Members 1,374 Member For: 5y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 09/07/23 06:53 AM Share Posted 09/07/23 06:53 AM Give us pics when you do it mate! Would love to see how it comes out 😄 WG seems to have sorted it's sh*t out, gave it a careful boot to open it and after that it was fine. I'll let MT know at it's next service to take a look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tucker Donating Members 659 Member For: 5y 2m 19d Posted 15/07/23 11:07 AM Share Posted 15/07/23 11:07 AM Ok, halfway through, but this should give an indication of what it looks like. I've retained the factory coolant overflow and just need to connect up the turbo water line. Easier said than done because mine's routed around the back of the motor. Bit of a learning process for me. I've also done full AN4 lines for boost control, but the AN10 lines for the coolant pipe under the intake manifold were a bit of a pain to make... the olive just didn't want to seat, and I frayed the braided line a bit trying to get it perfect. Anyway, looks tidier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biddie_fiddler [IMPULSIV3] Donating Members 1,374 Member For: 5y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 17/07/23 12:01 AM Share Posted 17/07/23 12:01 AM Definitely looks way nicer! that's the only thing that's putting me off doing this is the line that goes from under the thermostat around the back of the motor 🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tucker Donating Members 659 Member For: 5y 2m 19d Posted 17/07/23 02:59 AM Share Posted 17/07/23 02:59 AM Your water feed is probably at the front, so easy to access. Mine was routed around the back when the engine was out. The hardline underneath the intake manifold wasn't too bad, I just hope the AN to pipe adaptor doesn't leak... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biddie_fiddler [IMPULSIV3] Donating Members 1,374 Member For: 5y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 17/07/23 04:25 AM Share Posted 17/07/23 04:25 AM Oh, yea the turbo is at the front, but there is a hard line that goes from the thermostat to the heater, and that is routed round the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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