Replacing Lower Manifold Gaskets?
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Hi,
I have a Jaguar 2004 X Type, I bought the upper and lower manifold gaskets from amazon, picked up 6 spark plugs, the breather hose. I got everything taken apart, except for the lower intake manifold that sits below the fuel injectors. For the life of me, I could not figure out how to get the lower manifold off the block. I took out the 4 bolts that looked to be left holding the lower intake in place but it would not budge. It looks like black plastic and I was scared to try to force it off with a pry bar. My replacement parts from Amazon were very reasonable. I was shocked to see the two O-rings for the IMT valves in the box with the upper intake manifold gaskets. The parts I ordered are:
Fel-Pro MS 96494 Plenum Gasket Set (6 upper manifold gaskets) the two O rings were in the box.
Fel-Pro MS 96485 Intake Manifold Gasket Set (6 lower manifold gaskets) I never got these in.
OES Genuine Breather Hose for Jaguar X-Type.
If anyone has any ideas why the lower intake would not come off, please share. Now that I've done the upper once, I could probably do the lower in a few hours.
Thanks,
Dan
I removed the 4 hex head bolts, 2 on the left and 2 on the right. You can see where I marked the heads with black marker.
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Hi,
I have a Jaguar 2004 X Type, I bought the upper and lower manifold gaskets from amazon, picked up 6 spark plugs, the breather hose. I got everything taken apart, except for the lower intake manifold that sits below the fuel injectors. For the life of me, I could not figure out how to get the lower manifold off the block. I took out the 4 bolts that looked to be left holding the lower intake in place but it would not budge. It looks like black plastic and I was scared to try to force it off with a pry bar. My replacement parts from Amazon were very reasonable. I was shocked to see the two O-rings for the IMT valves in the box with the upper intake manifold gaskets. The parts I ordered are:
Fel-Pro MS 96494 Plenum Gasket Set (6 upper manifold gaskets) the two O rings were in the box.
Fel-Pro MS 96485 Intake Manifold Gasket Set (6 lower manifold gaskets) I never got these in.
OES Genuine Breather Hose for Jaguar X-Type.
If anyone has any ideas why the lower intake would not come off, please share. Now that I've done the upper once, I could probably do the lower in a few hours.
Thanks,
Dan
I removed the 4 hex head bolts, 2 on the left and 2 on the right. You can see where I marked the heads with black marker.
If all the bolts are off, I wonder if someone put some RTV on there or something. I know that some of those stick like glue (the right stuff).
I had no problem doing mine, and don't recall any hidden bolts or anything.
Maybe if you gently tap it with a rubber mallet or something...
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