2004 Lincoln Ls 3.0 Intake Manifold Hardware

• #two

89 FT. LB?! goddam son.

Shoulda had it set to INCH pounds.

EDIT: carefully remove your remaining bolts and the manifold. Become a stud extractor and remove the cleaved commodities. Become buy NEW BOLTS and ready your torque wrench correctly to INCH pounds.

• #3

yeow, like the guy said 89 is way too high. That's the torque for lug nuts.

Inchpounds for the future.

An extractor may do the fox. Whatever y'all do, Practise NOT snap off the extractor, they are a beast to remove.

Bold y'all know how to use an extractor, get slow and easy and probably use some lubricant. I believe nosotros are working on Aluminum and a steel bolt so maybe this will be easy, assuming you accept no corrosion.

Some tricks from other websites, melt a candle into/onto the threads, heat the area, bear on with candle. Also gentle heat to the surrounding metal may assistance.

Use a sharp drill bit to brand your starter pigsty. And Ditto, DON'T SNAP the drill fleck.

Perchance get yourself a reverse twist drill scrap. Often the broken commodities will twist out while you are drilling the airplane pilot hole.

In all cases, I would use a good name brand USA made extrator or drill bit to subtract your chance of snapping 1 off.

Depending on whether the bolt sticks out from the hole, you might be able to become a vise grip on it.

Last resort other than taking it to a store, is yous might weld a nut ontop of the broken bolt if there is some sticking out. Don't weld the bolt into the hole, should exist an unspoken truth.

Good Luck.

Jim Henderson

• #6

joegr

Defended LVC Member

Thanks rookie mistake with the torque wrench volition never happen again.

Just be very glad that you didn't crusade much more expensive harm. (Cracked manifold or striped out threads in the cake.)
89 in-lbs is less than 7.5 ft-lbs.

• #viii

What ever happened to the days of tightening a bolt or nut to the point where it gets tight, then followed by a quarter plow?
Hand tight, one finger on ratchet/wrench and only pull as hard equally ane finger can. Double check a calendar week subsequently.

• #ix

What ever happened to the days of tightening a bolt or nut to the signal where it gets tight, then followed by a quarter plow?
Hand tight, one finger on ratchet/wrench and but pull as difficult as 1 finger can. Double check a week later.

Considering that doesn't take into business relationship the static and/or dynamic load a fastener must be subject to without failure.

• #10

joegr

Dedicated LVC Fellow member

But curious... by intake manifold bolts, practise you hateful valve cover bolts? Holding the valve cover to the cylinder head?...

I strongly suspect that he means the bolts that hold the top half of the V6 intake manifold to the bottom half. The tiptop one-half on the V6 has to be removed to be able to change half of the spark plugs.

• #14

LS4me

Dedicated LVC Member

Totally unaware of that, sorry. I knew you had to practice that in Tauruses amd Escapes with Duratevs, but I thought that was simply considering of the transverse configuration and lack of room between the intake, head, and firewall.

The LS V6 is heavily based on the 3.0L Duratec. Most V6's I've seen no affair the engine orientation have the intake plenum cover one side of the engine.

• #15

is the V6 narrower than the V8(or a smaller bending of the "V")? I know in that location is a decently wide valley between the cylinders on the V8, but it does seem like with that intake, its a lot narrower, maybe its simply seems tighter considering of the fuel runway both going down the center of the motor instead of each side of the intake like on the V8.

• #sixteen

LS4me

Dedicated LVC Fellow member

is the V6 narrower than the V8(or a smaller angle of the "V")? I know there is a decently wide valley between the cylinders on the V8, just it does seem similar with that intake, its a lot narrower, perchance its just seems tighter because of the fuel runway both going down the eye of the motor instead of each side of the intake like on the V8.

The V6 is a 60º "V". Near V8s are 90º; as is the 3.9L in the LS.

• #17

well that would explicate it! lol Never knew the angle was and then much smaller on the 3.0...

• #18

joegr

Defended LVC Fellow member

well that would explicate it! lol Never knew the bending was so much smaller on the 3.0...

Information technology's easier to command vibration to take a V6 at threescore° (120° is ideal for a V6, but not very practical). It likewise works well in that it makes a compact engine for FWD. 90° is ideal for a V8 (720° ÷ 8 cylinders).

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