I mean, yeah, you could go out and buy something fancy that lights up like a christmas tree.

Or, just do what I do and after you get done driving, open the hood, gently touch the manifold, then judge the tempature by measuring the degree of the burn. A 1st degree burn and your up around 500 to 600, 2nd degree is 600 - 800 and 3rd degree is above that. It's a rough gauge and takes some practice (and getting used to) but just think of all the money you will save in the long run

Well... actually I'm not going to touch that thing ever again after it's been on the road. I'm not sure what I was thinking... i don't think I was.

I actually have a gauge, and I'm going to be installing it tomorrow (after she's cooled down). My question for you is, do I HAVE to remove anything or can I just drill, then use my handly magnet on a stick and get all the shavings out and drive one with the installation?

What's the worse that would happen if I sucked a few shavings into the engine? What did you do when you installed your EGT?

Thanks, oh, and does anyone have any ice?!?!?

 

third deg.burn is the worst

 

I know this. Are you sure you read it correctly?

that's what you get for not quoting me.. lol

 

i used a magnet on mine... as well as attempting to use a shop vac with a funnel attachment. i have not seed any ill effects yet... i will know for sure when i change the exhaust housing i guess. i just suggest you use the magnet a lot. and make sure to use it after you cut the threads.... (sadly i almost forgot and started to put in the probe!)

 

It could be DISASTER!

Take the manifold off if possible. Mine was done with it on. He drilled it using some kind of thick grease on the bit. He cleaned and re-coated the bit several times before getting it through. Afterwards, he cleaned it out with a magnet.

 

We have done 5 or six of these and have used the magnet to clean out the filings on all of them. havent had a problem with any of them.

 

Thanks for the replies.

I will also use grease on the end of the bit, then a magnet.

wish me luck

 

i did NOT drill a pilot hole so that i could get down a ways w/o having to worry about stuff getting in. once breaking though, there was barely anything in there so the magnet worked quite well. i'm sure greasing up the bit will help too.

 

I think I did similar to what Swank did...I did not break thru with any of the drills until the largest one...I greased it right before I broke thru.
Then used a magnet and a shop vac .
Did 3 this way.
Jay

 

I have heard about loosing up the turbo and sliding cardboard or something between the manifold. Then do like all have said about grease and magnet but at least it will stop any shavings going into the turbo until you can get in there with a magnet or shopvac.

 

I did mine while swapping the housing, so the turbo was off I used wanna's drilling oil and then cleanned up with magnet.

 

Here's what I did: I drilled the hole for the thermocouple just like normal. Then I tapped it for threading. Then, here's the tricky part, I loosened all the bolts that hold the turbine housing to the exhaust manifold until they were holding by only a couple of threads. I pulled the housing away from the manifold and stuck a pre-cut piece of thin aluminum that would *just* slide between the studs, a soda can would even work, down between the housing and the manifold and taped it to the housing side so that the seal between the turbine housing and the aluminum was fairly tight. Then a started the engine and let it run for maybe 5 seconds. It blew all the shavings out real nice! Re-assembled and I was good to go.

 

The thick grease sounds like a good idea to capture and hold some of the shavings...... but it seems to me that the pieces that fall through would be more difficult to retreive with a magnet. They would stick to the inside of the manifold because of the grease. Just my thought. I haven't put my pyro in yet so take my advice for what it's worth.

 

Speakin of manifolds how do u change gaskets do you have to take it all the way off. I blew a couple the other day joy riding after turbo upgrade. also im leakin exhaust where the down pipe connects to the housing. what do i do to fix that.

 

The leak to the downpipe is a v clamp- just tighten that up more- it will get tighter

The manifold- from my learnings- in order to get a tight seal the whole manifold needs to come of in order to get all the old gasket off.

Good luck,
Michael