Running925

Hey guys, i was workin on the daily driver 95DX , tightening down the fuel rail due to slight leek from when i put my injectors in.. it was driping so i was tightening until the dripping stoped .. well it just about stoped as my intake manifold cracked! pissed me the hell off, lemme tell ya.. heres a pic.

runner number 4 has a big freakin chunk out of it now where the bolt sticks up that the rail mounts to. I'm gonna try & JB weld it while i hunt down another manifold on ebay.. just figured i'd share my anger..

LESSON: Dont tighten anything while it's hot!

Running925

ok well i just got done JB'in the hell out outa that bish... gonna try & toss it together in the AM b4 i have to be at work.. i sure hope it holds!..


it's supposed to take about 6hrs to cure or somethin like that.. we'll c what happens...

alphaxxn

Holy shit , Well, it IS an excuse to switch to an aftermarket...

Civic2Scooby

he just bought that one...:happysad:

come on Tony what the hell are you tryin to do to me...:fawk: lemme know if the JB holds, if not it would be rather pointless no offense to make the trek down this weekend to not get your car started and ish...lemme know...and good luck :thumbup:

dE.fUsEd

holy hell that sucks ass. :eek3:
how hard did you tighten that ish??

Running925

guys.. this is on my daily driver, not my project vehicle!

lee the b18 is still good! were still on!

alphaxxn - i'm not spending money on aftermarket for my beater!


ohh & the JB did hold!

Civic2Scooby

I didnt know you had a 95dx daily driver... h:

monicle

hehe yeah thats what torque settings are for. if you have to crank something down more than whats reccomended it means that theres a problem somewhere else. you probably just needed to replace the rubber ring arround the injector. now you have to replace the whole manifole. I guess you can mark that one up under the lessons learend column heh. Ive got a few items in that column myself so dont feel bad.

oh also. running the engine with a known fuel leak is a really bad idea.

Running925

ehh the leak was coz i took the injectors out to test somethin in my b18 & then it was leaking when i put my injectors back in the D15 coz i didn't tighten it down real tight apparently.. anyways, i figured out why it cracked.. u see the nut in the center & the one on the driver side tightened down snug & the one of the passenger side didn't get snug coz i was missing the plastic spacer that goes between the rail & the mani.. there for it kept pulling up on that pin & then snapped the manifold before bending the rail.... makes sence now.. i was just tired & frustrated.. oh well lesson learned!



yea, i picked it up for a grand a little while back.. i'll have to post some pix of it or soemthin..

monicle

ahhhhhh... yeah that would do it.