Estimate usage out of a Intake
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Estimate usage out of a Intake
What is an average life of a upper intake manifold for a series 2? Is there a better aftermarket manifold I can purchase somewhere?
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Re: Estimate usage out of a Intake
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What is an average life of a upper intake manifold for a series 2? Is there a better aftermarket manifold I can purchase somewhere?
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All depending. Mine went out about 50k miles. But most that have changed their thermostat to 180 deg. I dont think had to many problems with it.
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Yea, I will look around the forum and see what I can come up with.
The thing about mine is that it still has the stock thermostat in it, and the original manifold and it is running at 140k miles. I plan on upgrading the stat real soon, and probably in a month or two look at replacing the manifold. Just to be safe.
All depending. Mine went out about 50k miles. But most that have changed their thermostat to 180 deg. I dont think had to many problems with it.
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I think it was autozone that carried an aftermarket intake for us. It was a lil thicker than the factory was where it would warp. There is a thread about this.
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Yea, I just found the thread. I forget to look up past topics a lot. It will probably be well worth it to spend money on a item like this. Not glamorus but useful.
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Re: Estimate usage out of a Intake
Originally Posted by Twister97
What is an average life of a upper intake manifold for a series 2? Is there a better aftermarket manifold I can purchase somewhere?
As a repair solution to this problem. There is another solution too, buy a Dorman Intake. Finally there is GM'* own Intake replacement ($1400) too. In the item'* description above there is the GM TSB regarding this problem too for you to read as well.
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i'm fairly certain (but not 100% positive) that the intakes on sale through SPO (read: dealership or gmpartsdirect.com) have been beefed up in the egr area. not completely sure when the change took place, but i'm (again) fairly certain that you will get a better manifold now...
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They are. The new intakes should be factory installed on the 99'*.
If you have any doubt about whether you have the new or old intake, look at the casting marks on the top of yours.
If you have any doubt about whether you have the new or old intake, look at the casting marks on the top of yours.