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exhaust manifold, common problem?

I was wondering if the exhaust manifold on my 95 Protege has a known problem with being broken or cracked? Now that the car is running great, I hear and smell an exh leak around it. While I was looking on eBay, I noticed a lot of different sellers selling manifolds for a 1.5L, which mine is. As a general rule, if it is readilly available on eBay, there must be a known flaw. I am most familiar with Chevrolets, since I worked for a local dealer, and noticed a lot of the common parts that were breaking were all over eBay.

RE: exhaust manifold, common problem?

Very common problem for the manifold to crack on the 1.5l engine. Pull the heat shroud to double check but probably is.

RE: exhaust manifold, common problem?

Just F.Y.I. I just had this problem on my '97 1.5L. It had a cracked exhaust manifold and had to be replaced.