No. 4 swirl flap is leaking boost very badly now so i will attempt a diy manifold change.
I'm a bit pi**ed off as the car has only done 83k miles!
I'm not getting any errors (yet) but I can smell the fumes when stationary with engine on, there is a hissing sound in the engine bay and then lastly I can see a bit of smoke coming out from no 4 swirl flap when the engine is revved.
Initially I thought it was the blown exhaust flexi but now I can see smoke near the flaps.
I'll be fallowing THIS guide, has anyone done theirs manifold? Any additional advice? Is anyone near the hull/anlaby area willing to assist on Thursday or Friday?
I've already bought the manifold on ebay - 178 pounds delivered, it will come by Wednesday (I found one later for 159.99 delivered, but it was too late)
On the plus side though, it's not as bad as BMW swirl flap failures - I helped my mate the other week to blank off the swirls on his 320d - I thought he was bonkers at first but when we removed the manifold it was clear that he only narrowly avoided a disaster as one of the flaps was broken off and barely held by the gunk in the manifold - very common on those engines
I'm a bit pi**ed off as the car has only done 83k miles!
I'm not getting any errors (yet) but I can smell the fumes when stationary with engine on, there is a hissing sound in the engine bay and then lastly I can see a bit of smoke coming out from no 4 swirl flap when the engine is revved.
Initially I thought it was the blown exhaust flexi but now I can see smoke near the flaps.
I'll be fallowing THIS guide, has anyone done theirs manifold? Any additional advice? Is anyone near the hull/anlaby area willing to assist on Thursday or Friday?
I've already bought the manifold on ebay - 178 pounds delivered, it will come by Wednesday (I found one later for 159.99 delivered, but it was too late)
On the plus side though, it's not as bad as BMW swirl flap failures - I helped my mate the other week to blank off the swirls on his 320d - I thought he was bonkers at first but when we removed the manifold it was clear that he only narrowly avoided a disaster as one of the flaps was broken off and barely held by the gunk in the manifold - very common on those engines