I presume you proposing silicon sealant on the inlet manifold rather than the exhaust manifold!

Not a great fix, but I suspect it would work.

Sealent on the manifold.....what sealent.....

Be careful with silicon sealent as it can attack some metals (i.e. copper).....

Tell me more.

Had a go at replacing my passenger side exhaust manifold gasket today (without removing the engine) found one stud broken off and then had to call a halt when one other stud refused to budge and eventually rounded off.

Here's the cheeky little blighter:



As I'm now going to need the full engine out treatment (which I can't do myself) silicon sealant seems most attractive.

Did you fill the stud hole?

Did you put a bead round the edge?

Or did you lift the manifold away and use the silicon like a gasket?

OK - thanks.

In my case I can't get the manifold off....I've also just read that silicon sealant can poison the lamba sensors - so not sounding quite so good now