mercruiser manifold leak

lorax

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Just bought a Rinker w/ 4.3 liter mercruiser and discovered that the port manifold is dripping.<br /><br />Can I take this thing out before I replace the manifold?
 

ed hobbs

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Re: mercruiser manifold leak

Where is it leaking from? If it is leaking from a drain or hose, tighten or replace the clamp. If it is leaking from the gaskets, replacing the gasket is easy. If it is leaking from a crack in the manifold, then I would fix it first, 'cause when I didn't, I burnt an exhaust tube (very scary - smoke everywhere) and hydrolocked my engine!
 

lorax

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Re: mercruiser manifold leak

**** .<br />Thanks for the info. :(
 
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