RE: ceramic coating and 2-piece EM...

["Iain Atkinson (ETL)" <iain.atkinson@etl.ericsson.se>]

Is there a definitive solution to this problem??

Iain

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From:	quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk [mailto:quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk]
Sent:	04 October 1999 12:15
To:	gerard@poboxes.com
Cc:	quattro@audifans.com
Subject:	Re: ceramic coating and 2-piece EM...

In message <37F86540.3537EF3C@vis.co.za> Gerard writes:

> ... Also, the EM is cracked
> on the inside where the runners come together
> and enter the turbo. There is a huge
> cracked along on the the 3 exits and the crack
> is also apparent on the underside where these
> outlets come together. Nasty.

All one-piece manifolds break in exactly the same two places.

Nastier still if the upper section of that triple exit drops off into
the turbo.

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