Found a leak in my intake manifold!

menasci · Feb 16, 2006

Found a leak in my intake manifold.
I took the Stang to the Ford dealer and they are replacing it as we speak.
Good timing, the intake recall expires next month!
Glad we have this forum
Getting the car back tomorrow.

BMan5150 · Feb 16, 2006

menasci said:
Found a leak in my intake manifold.
I took the Stang to the Ford dealer and they are replacing it as we speak.
Good timing, the intake recall expires next month!
Glad we have this forum
Getting the car back tomorrow.

WHere? What were your symptoms? Just curious as I've been battling a ongoing pinging issue since the car was practically brand new. I still feel there is perhaps a small vacuum leak somewhere, but I'm not getting any CEL.

menasci · Feb 16, 2006

BMan5150 said:
WHere? What were your symptoms? Just curious as I've been battling a ongoing pinging issue since the car was practically brand new. I still feel there is perhaps a small vacuum leak somewhere, but I'm not getting any CEL.

The leak looked like it was coming from the back side of the intake manifold.
I saw coolant near the spark plugs.
Ford did not tell me specifically where the crack was.
They just called me and said it was indeed cracked and it would be covered by the Intake Manifold Recall.

HoustonGT · Feb 16, 2006

*Takes hammer and screwdriver to "assist" the manifold in "cracking" before the end of the recall*

menasci · Feb 16, 2006

HoustonGT said:
*Takes hammer and screwdriver to "assist" the manifold in "cracking" before the end of the recall*

Better make sure you'll be covered first.

DerekStangGT · Feb 16, 2006

BMan5150 said:
WHere? What were your symptoms? Just curious as I've been battling a ongoing pinging issue since the car was practically brand new. I still feel there is perhaps a small vacuum leak somewhere, but I'm not getting any CEL.

are you sure its really pinging?? it may just be the infamous "clicking" sound that just turned out to be the injectors clicking on and off on many stangs .

MaxxMundo · Feb 16, 2006

menasci said:
Good timing, the intake recall expires next month!

Wait, I thought we had 7 years from the start date of our warranty to have the manifold replaced?

Did I miss something somewhere?

menasci · Feb 16, 2006

MaxxMundo said:
Wait, I thought we had 7 years from the start date of our warranty to have the manifold replaced?

Did I miss something somewhere?

Yeah, I think you right.
March 16th 2006 is just the last day you can request reimbersment.
Read this part:
http://www.fordmanifoldsettlement.com/import.html

MaxxMundo · Feb 16, 2006

menasci said:
Yeah, I think you right.
March 16th 2006 is just the last day you can request reimbersment.
Read this part:
http://www.fordmanifoldsettlement.com/import.html

Good. That gives me a full two years to crack it.

98bluevert · Feb 16, 2006

ok nobody answered this in the stick so i'll repost it

Alright got a question. I have a 1998 Mustang GT, I replaced the intake with an aftermarket aluminum crossover intake. I did the work myself and have no reciepts. My car's warranty start date is March of 1998 which puts me out of the 7 year window. I went to Ford and they said I needed reciepts to prove it was replaced within the 7 years or they couldn't do anything about it. Is there a number I can call to get a hold of Ford Customer Service, or should I try another dealership???

mijo_latino · Feb 17, 2006

Heh, in the same boat, but mines a pi intake and no reciepts. $735 would be nice right now but from what i read is that, yes, you kinda need recipts if your out of the window.

Now on people who are in, couldn't you buy one for ~$190 and swap it out yourself(very easy) and go and collect $735 and then sell the "broken" one?

Sticking it to the man... maybe my brother's 01 GT just broke....

timeless2 · Feb 17, 2006

Duplication of topics makes it harder for people to search for answers.

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=602088

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