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Originally Posted by doug.nichols
I was having great difficulty getting "Trudy" to start and run for any length of time. Discovered that the exhaust manifold stud furthest to the rear was stripped, resulting in a loose fit at that end of the exhaust manifold. Does anybody know if that condition could be contributory to poor starting/running?
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I would think that the effect of the stripped manifold stud on the running of the engine would be related to a loose intake manifold, i.e. sucking air, and not so much the effect of the loose exhaust manifold (other than added exhaust noise which sometimes is mistaken as an engine tapping sound). Careful drilling, tapping, insertion of the correct helicoil and new stud should solve the problem. If done with the engine in the car the challenge will be to get the drill to run straight and true into the block.