Air inlet manifold

[S81]

I noticed when I was carbon cleaning that the valve ports closest to the bulkhead had very little carbon were as the ones near the rad had a lot ,i'm guessing this has something to do with airflow ,(i didn't think to get a pic of the bulkhead ones that's the front ones )

[S81]

Sean would you have had the torque setting for the inlet manifold ,o checked the tech sections and threads but either have missed it or can't find them ,i have manifold cleaned and checked and back in just need to torque it down before refiting fuel pipe pumps etc

[homer simpson]

This should help

[S81]

That's it thanks

[S81]

Manifold back on without any trouble,and torqued down thanks to homer ,couldn't get the drivers side rear fuel pipe tightened due to lack of space ,i'm thinking i should have tighten it before i put manifold in and tightened it ,will have to have an another look ( unless someone has a trick)

[steamship]

Originally Posted by S81

couldn't get the drivers side rear fuel pipe tightened due to lack of space

I saw your request yesterday but since homer had already responded, never thought anymore about it. Now seeing this comment, I wish I had thought more about it, as I had the same issue with the rear passenger side. The previous owner had fitted a new manifold at around 100k and during spirited driving you'd get the smell of petrol fumes. New owner was informed about it and when checked it was because the pipe hadn't been tightened enough. Unfortunately I can't offer any advice on a solution.

[S81]

I'm going to try a basin spanner to see if it works ,there is enough room down in there but a lot of obstacles above and around it ,