How hard would it be to weld or otherwise repair in place a cracked exhaust manifold on a civic?? and if imposible, what would be a reasonable quote to have one replaced?

11/24/2006 6:14:40 PM

depends on what kind of metal your manifold is made out of

[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 6:42 PM. Reason : (how hard it would be to fix)]

11/24/2006 6:41:57 PM

ebay

11/24/2006 6:51:43 PM

welding a cast manifold is a temporary fix at best.

11/24/2006 7:08:07 PM

i used jbweld on an accord manifold once. bitch still doesn't leak.

11/24/2006 9:51:39 PM

What year? I have a 01-03 exh mani from my old civic i will sell for $20, OEM.

11/24/2006 10:20:49 PM

it would be easiest to just get used one

11/24/2006 10:58:36 PM

It's a 00 civic, supposedly the exhaust manifold is also the catalytic convertor and attatched to two oxygen sensors that will likely break to replace it.

This leads to $texas to fix it (at least at the dealership I was at getting a fair bit of routine maintenance done at) - because that means replacing the entire thing + possibly 2 sensors in addition and all the labor.

nightkid - if you have an 00 instead of an 01 lying about, i'll be more than willing to take it off your hands.

I'm going to do it if i have to, the car is worth keeping and otherwise in great condition mechanically (body wise not so much but ...well.. that's my fault). But i'd *greatly* prefer if it's able to be welded to do that or find someone who knows how to replace it with a used one.

[Edited on November 25, 2006 at 12:46 PM. Reason : .]

11/25/2006 12:43:51 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/96-00-Honda-Civic-
Exhaust-manifold_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6763Q
QihZ010QQitemZ200022072935QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

[Edited on November 27, 2006 at 10:03 AM. Reason : -]

11/27/2006 7:47:22 AM

^ thanks for the link but here's the issue-

the repair for just the manifold which is in that auction- is $800.
but it includes labor- that's warrantied.

If i'm going to pay $200 for the part on ebay ($185 after ship), I still have to get someone knowledgable to deal with it- i'm not sure I'm saving all that much money buying a new one on ebay.
But thanks for the link, if i find someone who can put it in that's both knowledgable and less than the dealership by enough to make it worth not having the warranty on the work- I'll use that.

11/27/2006 8:58:51 AM

i dont really have the time, but there are plenty of competant people on here that could handle swapping a manifold for much less than that

11/27/2006 9:19:42 AM

Quote :

"it would be easiest to just get used one"

not an option. its a federal offense to sell a used catalytic converter.

11/27/2006 11:18:48 AM

^ ebay

11/27/2006 11:28:40 AM

Wow, crappy place to put a cat. Way to go Honda.

11/27/2006 1:52:37 PM

by crappy you mean the best place to get it up to operating temperature to start catalyzing and cleaning the exhaust quickly?

That's such a terrible idea.

11/28/2006 1:11:30 AM

^ yeah it's better than revving the thing up to 3000rpm with no oil pressure like my car does stock

11/28/2006 1:15:01 AM