Do you need to use loctite on exhaust/inlet manifold bolts?? The side that goes into the head?

AS i have just got new ones and dont want to get em all in then find out i should of loctited em in

cheers

 

someone must have replaced these before ????

 

nope no loctite needed m8

 

They should have the paste already applied mate if they are new

red looking dry paste?

 

no red on the bolts ,just black threaded each end bolts

 

gaz, they will be fine mate

 

Dont sound like pukka ones to me mate

Deffo from Ford?

 

Until they tear the thread from the head....

 

yes stu deffo from ford , cost me Ł20 for 12

 

you ever had or worked on a mk 2 mate ?

 

Looks like hes got one to me Steve

 

gaz, they will be fine mate.......

last time i say it.....

 

was talking to you stu

 

Ewwww... hark at Dingy.

Ok,
Best ignore me and take Steves advice, dont wanna upset him.

 

Kind of amusing now actually....


Its always advisable to loctite any fastner subject to vibration, regardless of material Steve, and if your too tight to do so, then ya deserve things to fall off.

 

lol, yes mate, take stu's advice.....which was ?

Stu, no offense, but I never had any issues with what gaz has purchased.

And had MK 2 escorts for 13 years, you have had one how long... ? and worked on how many ?

Nothing to do with being upset, its to do with advice.

 

And the advice above is bad why mate?

 

What the fook has the chassis or vehicle model got to do with a fooking cylinder head and exhaust manifold Steve? You been on the beer again?

 

Because you are saying they aint pukka with no experience in them....

I give in.....

Gaz, when you want yer car putting back together, call stu

 

had a can so yes mate I am fucked

 

well these are the ones any way




and thanks for the advice

 

at you pair

 

Look at the nuts, they are shaped to lock

 

Who said they aint pukka? Where?

Im sayin Ford used to send em pre compounded, as they still do most other models, YB, Duratec etc etc

Interestingly,
If ya dig out the Ford Rs technicians Revision manual, dated 1977 and turn to 2.0SOHC, you will find, and i quote:

"Cylinder head:
Exhaust manifold studs - coat with Loctite 616"

But hey, what the fook would ford know anyway Steve? bunch of losers arent they!!

GAz,
My last word on this poxy post. I advise you use a stud retaining compound due to the vibration an exhaust is subject to. Its only about Ł1.99mate and hardly worth the aggro this post has caused.

Will it hurt not to?



Now i fooking know your pissed!!

 

Sorry.....

 

This is a proper ford exhaust stud with red thread lock on as supplied dont know about inlet ones
Sorry for the pic quality

 

That looks like a YB stud mate, but yes, thats what they used to be coated like for most engines

 

yes stu i am..... dead pissed, not pissed enough to notice you have not answered my questions......

Anyone has any advice on a mk 2, don't come to me.....

 

Never purchase on of those for a mk 2.

 

Sorry, thought that was what he was after

 

without getting involved in a fight...
Mk2 studs are unlikely to come pre-compounded - the ones we used to get didn't have a full-depth thread cut on them, so they were a deliberate tight fit in the head thread. It's difficult to see on your picture GAZ, but have a close look and see if the short thread (that goes in the head) is shallower than the longer portion (it looks like it hasn't been formed properly if you like)?
For this reason, there is no need for locking compound in this instance...

later Ford studs did come pre-compounded like the other pic, but most of them were intended for aluminium heads (CVH, Zetec, YB - not cast iron pinto), which would not tolerate the interference fit without risking thread damage in the head..

sorry Stu, hope you will still be my friend..

 

rich m

the studs i have are as you describe ,first part of thread is normal then goes down to a shallow thread as if the stud has not been cut properly

cheers