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Thought my $300 exhaust leak was a rusted manifold, turned out to be a $4 gasket
My 2001 Ranger started ticking loud under the hood 3 weeks ago so I figured the manifold was cracked and started saving up for a shop bill. Crawled under it last Saturday with a flashlight and found the donut gasket between the manifold and downpipe was just blown out. Picked up a new one at the parts store for $4.29 and had it swapped in about 25 minutes. I almost handed a shop $300 for a job that cost me pocket change. What is the dumbest thing you almost paid someone else to fix?
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rowan66610d ago
Wait, are we really calling this a win? A blown donut gasket usually means something else is going on, like a warped flange or loose bolts that let it cook in the first place. If you didn't check the mating surfaces or torque everything back down right, that $4 part is gonna blow out again in a month and you're back under the truck. And honestly, "almost handed a shop $300" but you still spent 3 weeks listening to it tick, so the savings ain't quite as clean as it sounds. What made you so sure the manifold was cracked before you even looked?
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