Small hole turns into Exhaust detailing - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

1stbenznc · #1 02-21-2011, 10:43 PM

I have had a small hole in my exhaust manifold for a while now that was making noise. I finally found a whole exhaust manifold assembly with turbo at the junkyard for a $100

I decided to bolt the whole thing on since I had a bent fin on my turbo wheel and the new/used one doesn't have much play.

I couldn't just bolt in the ugly thing, so I took part of the day yesterday day to partially disassemble, clean, wire brush, sand, brake cleaner, bench wire wheel, and paint up the new one. While the cad-plating is gone I think it turned out pretty nice. I went with an accent color of black for the waste gate shield.

I also clear coated the bare metal with high temp spray to keep it from rusting/oxidizing. The flat grey is HIGH temp manifold paint.

.....Now I have to clean the entire engine bay to match it

Here is a side-by-side of the old one and fresh "new" one. The old one was in worse shape, but the newer one was just as oily and somewhat rusty.

andrewjtx · #2 02-21-2011, 11:15 PM

wow wee wow wow.

That looks brand new. Seriously, I looked at the pics first and thought, "Wow, this dude went and bought an entire new turbo setup. WTF."

Anyhow, great job. Also, I just found out that those clamps on the accordion piece behind the turbo are $110/ea @ the dealer. Only 26 still left worldwide and all are in Germany... Clean those bad boys up and hang on to 'em!

MBeige · #3 02-21-2011, 11:25 PM

Nicely done! Same here, thought it was new.

I wonder if mine has an exhaust leak?

toomany MBZ · #4 02-22-2011, 06:53 AM

Agreed, very well done.

MNBenz · #5 02-22-2011, 09:01 AM

Looks amazing, great job! Post a few pics when you get the baby installed

Stretch · #6 02-22-2011, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by MNBenz

Looks amazing, great job! Post a few pics when you get the baby installed

Indeed and then add your engine bay to the show your engine bay thread.

1stbenznc · #7 02-22-2011, 04:04 PM

Thanks! At least there's a place where others can appreciate it....my wife sure doesn't

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I tried to repair the hole a couple times with the super high temp exhaust repair, but it just blew it right out.

I don't think the rest of the engine bay will ever look that good, but I'm doing one area at a time. When I remove something I clean and restore it the best possible. I'll post some more pics later this week.....if it warms up again...