Quote Originally Posted by lsmitti View Post
Thanks Dom14!

Great bits of info!

I hadn't heard of maniseal. This looks like just what I need, and as you say and a bit of exhaust wrap. It's a bit tricky getting the GQ to the shops without any exhaust to have it welded up to the remainder of the exhaust so will probably have to come up with something to bolt up at home.

I can't seem to find any extractors which have the flange welded on the end :S
Maniseal is just a water based ceramic paste. Autobarn, Supercheap, Burson etc stock it.
It is a cheap temporary solution or even a permanent solution, depending on how you use it(whether externally or as a gasket sealant on the flange or manifold to cylinder head gasket. Permatex, etc also have the same thing with a different name.
It's around ten bucks or so.
You can most certainly use it as a permanent solution for the cracked exhaust manifold, but probably won't look beautiful.

No, they don't sell the extractors with flange welded, 'cos flange can be different depending on what size exhaust pipes and the style
of the flange. You just buy the extractors and come up with your own flange depending on the rest of the exhaust.
Flange only cost couple of peanuts. Unless you have the welding apparatus, you obviously have to get an exhaust guy to do the job.
You might get a better deal by leaving the whole thing to an exhaust guy and negotiating with him the price and brand of extractors
you want. It can turn out lot cheaper than you buying the extractors and taking it to an exhaust guy(He will have to charge you the labour). A package deal might turn out to be lot cheaper.

You can most certainly put the cracked manifold back on and patch it with Maniseal as well as the block the EGR hole with a wrap(or combine a wrap & maniseal).