i think i have a slight leak from the manifold probably one of the gaskets but its very slight is this a major problem performance dosnt seemed to be affected and how much is this going to cost for me to get fixed ???

hi i just had ny manifolds done at a garage also i had the rocker cover gaskets done at the same time and the gaskets were £120 per side rom nissan.

what nissan done them for you for 120 quid ?

no it went into a garage to have an oil leak done ..rocker gaskets leaking but they had to remove the plenum and thats what the gaskets cost

if its a manifold leak from the head area not much fun im afraid, you could try getting a 14mm spanner and some funny angle 14s to get at some of the bolts it may be possible the manifold itself has worked loose

 

if its gasket on TT its not a fun job im afraid.

 

passenger side is removable but still hassle, driverside is basically head off or engine out, due to lack of room :hurl:

what sort of money am i lookin at then lads come on im ready for it lol

anyone got any ideas how much it s going to cost ????

unless you DIY have you had it properly diagnosed as leaking manifold between head?

 

what side is it on?

 

have you check tightness of bolts to manifold?

 

then i could give you an idea

well ive had the car on a ramp with four guys underneath including myself and its not leaking from anywhere underneath we have had a look at all the gskets appart from the manifold ones and its coming from the passenger side mate

well ive had the car on a ramp with four guys underneath including myself and its not leaking from anywhere underneath we have had a look at all the gskets appart from the manifold ones and its coming from the passenger side mate

 

you can remove passenger side turbo with to much hassle, fiddy removing the manifold-turbo nuts, and disconecting the water feeds. if it was an NA you can do the job in less than an hour :hurl:

 

you will then need the EGR cracking off, or cut off and welded up. so EGR is disabled, you would then need both feeds to plenum sorting out at sometime, but as long as the vac feed to the EGR is blanked off it should disable it.

 

once turbo is out the way and EGR removed you can then remove manifold and move out the way

 

expect a couple of days work for yourself, a competent garage specialist allow a days labour if all goes to plan. £400-£500 max (estimate) specialist maybe a bit less as they know the z inside out.

 

you will require a new gasket, and also check the studs dont come out off the head (very common) keep a couple spare incase

 

you may aswell shop for

 

new copper washers for water/oil feeds

new turbo-fanimold gasket

fanifold to head gasket

downpipe gasket

 

^^always best to renew above.

 

greg