Bloody B@stard Pot Holes!!

[dom]

So I was driving home earlier and due to a van coming the other way down a country lane at a stupid speed I hit a rather big pothole, or 2 

The rim doesn't appear to be damaged and the tracking is still ok, however when I pulled onto my drive something didn't sound right 

There was a slight rattling/tapping noise coming from the back of the engine bay, my initial thought was that its the manifold heat shield. However when I revved the engine a little it got worse (as you would expect), but back box was rasping and popping a bit as if the exhaust was blowing somewhere.

I took the car for a drive around the block and sure enough it sounds like the manifold is blowing 

Is it possible that hitting the pothole has caused a crack in the manifold? Bearing in mind i'm on hotuning coilivers that are as solid as a rock, so any minor bump in the road is amplified massively anyway.

[boneybradley]

a pot hole could easily kill a manifold! and there are not usually repairable (my passat one is cracked and I've tried all sorts to fix it!)
best get under the bonnet and have a check around! (hopefully it wont be serious?)

[dom]

a pot hole could easily kill a manifold! and there are not usually repairable (my passat one is cracked and I've tried all sorts to fix it!)
best get under the bonnet and have a check around! (hopefully it wont be serious?)

Bugger, thats what I thought 

It'll have to wait til the weekend now, it's dark when i'm not at work through the week 

[Bellend]

Grab a second hand manifold. U can't repair them. Weld them and they will expand when warm and the weld will fall out.

[Gash]

best thing about owning an old car... bits cheap and everywere! ebay it!

[LowlifeDubber]

Grab a second hand manifold. U can't repair them. Weld them and they will expand when warm and the weld will fall out.

Ive welded no end of cast manifolds and never had a problem Give it a good prep gouging the crack out a bit better to get better penetration and use some 2.5 Ni-CL cast rods to fill and the same again to cap.
Never had any weld fall out yet

Cast rods are expensive 

[Bellend]

I stand corrected then.

[wakeskater]

cumbria  and roads = POTHOLES  I KNOW..

[jonnypolish]

I feel for you man Hope it isn't too bad to fix!

[Stirring Moose]

cumbria  and roads = POTHOLES  I KNOW..

Well I'm afraid I can't advise heading south to get away from them - we got some pretty good open cast mines in the roads down here in Devon too!   

S.M.