fatscrew

well i took my truck to the shop this morning to have the intake manifold replaced. i am having them replace the factory one with a dorman due to it leaking antifreeze. is this a common problem? was there anyway to fix this besides replacing the whole thing?

revhead347

Extremely common problem. I assume you have a 4.6 or a 5.4. The only way to fix it is to replace the intake. The new intakes are upgraded from composite coolant passages to aluminum coolant passages. Retail on that job is about $500. The intake itself should be around $200. It may be a little higher if the shop is supplying the intake due to markup. And I don't want to hear anything about shops marking up parts. A shop is a business and they have a god given right to mark up parts to make money.

Kurt

fatscrew

yea i got a purdy good deal i paid about 500 for all of it. there is a tremendous power increasement after this too! by the way its a 5.4 too

revhead347

Yeah, I've done so many of those on Mustangs now, I've gotten it down to 20 minutes to swap the whole thing. For awhile, I was getting a ton of those through my side business.

Kurt