Bad vibrations
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:45 pm
So, I stuck my head under the hood last week b/c my upper heat shield on my exhaust manifold was rattling. To my dismay half of my manifold nuts were missing and there was oil all over the side and bottom of my engine!
"Holy crap!" says I. I found that the oil pressure sending unit was really loose. I tightened it and the oil leak problem was solved. Then I bought some nuts with keepers and tried torquing the manifold back on. Of course two studs pull right out. $140 later my car is back from the machine shop with the manifold barely torqued down. Currently, I need to give everything a once over to make sure all is tight.
So, what is causing the vibrations that is making everything loose?
I suspect engine mounts. What do you guys think?
"Holy crap!" says I. I found that the oil pressure sending unit was really loose. I tightened it and the oil leak problem was solved. Then I bought some nuts with keepers and tried torquing the manifold back on. Of course two studs pull right out. $140 later my car is back from the machine shop with the manifold barely torqued down. Currently, I need to give everything a once over to make sure all is tight.
So, what is causing the vibrations that is making everything loose?
I suspect engine mounts. What do you guys think?