Ford said I had to replace the intake manifold

[kschaffner]

I figure a dime works very good as a rubber cap to prevent extra air being pulled into cylinder 1 and cause a misfire

Edit: Backstory, my engine started to misfire Tuesday, so I took it to have a diag done. Was told I had a bad gasket on cylinder one on the intake manifold (was good) but where the dime is in the picture is supposed to be a rubber cap that is supposed to prevent extra air from being pulled into cylinder 1 because there is a pivot point for the 4 individual butterflies that control the flow of air into each cylinder. It happened to break loose and ford told me that they don't sell a rubber cap for it and I have to replace the entire intake manifold for $190. I feel that $.10 is a much better deal.

 

[alfa147x]

What?

 

[kschaffner]

added backstory

 

[angry hampster]

Any possibility of that dime being sucked in? Surely you can find a rubber grommet or stopper at a hardware store that would fit there.

 

[kschaffner]

no chance at all the hole for the pivot point is the size of a O on the screen and there is also a lip that is right behind the dime that surrounds the entire thing, it is really a perfect fit for that spot.

 

[zmatt]

My buddies 328 has some things in the engine bay held in with plastic screws, IMO things liek your rubber rin and the screws are put there intentionally to make you get servicing.

 

[angry hampster]

no chance at all the hole for the pivot point is the size of a O on the screen and there is also a lip that is right behind the dime that surrounds the entire thing, it is really a perfect fit for that spot.

That's pretty funny then. I'd epoxy it in just for good measure. Good fix for the $ though.