Broke intake manifold

[Nicholas R solis]

I have a 2001 yukon denali with 6.0 engine. While I was changing my belt tensioner, I got mad and started hitting shit and broke a piece off of my intake manifold. So for now I just put the jb weld plastic ******* for temp fix. Now I help on deciding what intake manifold I should get and what gaskets. Any help is appreciated. I'm 25 years old and its my first 6.0

 

[ks03]

TBSS if you want to get serious, but I’d buy one with rails and injectors and will require a tune, and corvette filter/regulator

Dorman makes one, and auto dynasty makes one that looks extremely similar to the dorman. I’ve been trying to find more info on them. looks like they might pickup a bit of power down low over the stock manifold. Should be a direct replacement unlike the TBSS but not the gains in power either. I haven’t heard much about the dorman / auto dynasty long term reliability.

I bet a junkyard would give you an oem manifold dirt cheap

 

[Doubeleive]

if your gonna get mad a throw a tool, it cost less you can probably ****** one out of the wrecking yard pretty reasonable and then just get new fel-pro gaskets, be sure to get the good metalized ones, while you have it off it may be advantageous to replace the knock sensors and harness, get oem for those the cheap ones will crap out in no time, put a bead of silicone around them to keep water out, get a decent torque wrench so you can bolt stuff back up right.

 

[George B]

if your gonna get mad a throw a tool, it cost less you can probably ****** one out of the wrecking yard pretty reasonable and then just get new fel-pro gaskets, be sure to get the good metalized ones, while you have it off it may be advantageous to replace the knock sensors and harness, get oem for those the cheap ones will crap out in no time, put a bead of silicone around them to keep water out, get a decent torque wrench so you can bolt stuff back up right.

You could spend the money you save on some anger management or a new fork to eat your “humble pie” with.

 

[iamdub]

What broke? If it's just a hole and you patched it with the plastic epoxy, you're done. Snap the covers back on and it never happened.

 

[Nicholas R solis]

What broke? If it's just a hole and you patched it with the plastic epoxy, you're done. Snap the covers back on and it never happened.

Yeah that's what I did to it, but as only as a temporary fix. But do you think it should up for 8 hour drive.

 

[iamdub]

If you used that JB Weld Plastic Epoxy and used it properly, I'd have 100% faith in it. I've used that stuff to repair mounting tabs on headlight assemblies, and those aren't light and they get bounced around pretty good when driving. There's very little forces that would be acting on such a repair on an intake manifold. I'm currently six hours from home in a town with rough roads in one of those vehicles with a repaired headlight tab that has been that way for about 58,000 miles and counting.

 

[wjburken]

I have a 2001 yukon denali with 6.0 engine. While I was changing my belt tensioner, I got mad and started hitting shit and broke a piece off of my intake manifold. So for now I just put the jb weld plastic ******* for temp fix. Now I help on deciding what intake manifold I should get and what gaskets. Any help is appreciated. I'm 25 years old and its my first 6.0

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Welcome to the forum. I think it’s sufficient to say you have learned a lesson on this one.

Guidance given by the others is rock solid. Working on these things can be frustrating, but as I tell my kids, a 5 second temper tantrum can cost you a lot of time and money. Ask me how I know. As someone mentioned, chuck a tool across the garage floor if it will make you feel better. My dad had a SOB wrench, a Dammit screwdriver and a pair of WTF pliers. I retrieved them many times as a kid and was helping him.