V6 Inlet Manifold Opened.

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Originally Posted by Arctic

Hi Michael.
I opened one back in 2014 after changing it due to the death rattle photos below of what i found inside.
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You can see how the sockets to the ball have broken, where do these broken bits go? into the engine i presume.

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You can see below how they go brittle and break off.
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here you can see how the oil gums up the flaps, i have just removed mine from my FL2 which is easy compared to the 190 V6 manifolds.
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Hi Arctic. Thanks for continuing to post such useful photos (which have been very useful to myself). Can I ask you what your solution for this was at the time when you discovered all of this? I feel pretty sure there must be many V6's in this condition!