Hi
Have been under my Stag at the weekend to replace the offside maniflold to front pipe gasket. When I tightened the three nuts back up only one of them grabbed properly the other two just keep getting loose everytime I get them slightly tight. Have tried new nuts and putting washers on the bolts but with same result. My question is how long would you expect the gasket to last with only one nut tight, there's no blowing as yet, a few thousand miles??Also how difficult a job is removing the manifold and replacing the original bolts on the manifold? I've searched this and someone suggested it's a long job in which case I'd sooner just keep replacing the gasket as I only do 2000 miles a year. It's the original 2997 engine.
Thanks to any replies
Jon