Does anyone have a access to a writeup on reinstalling your upper intake manifold (3.5 ecoboost 2010+)?

Torque settings and such?



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Should be very much like that for the MKS/T in this document

anyone know if the gaskets (which are more like o-rings) are reusable?


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So.... yeah... I don't know why this leak is happening. I torqued everything to spec and the gaskets that are there are good.



it's coming from a pipe that runs from the bottom of the thermostat housing, straight into the engine. I haven't even been able to figure out what that part is called?!?



maybe the flange where the intake can next to it is bent?  maybe there's a gasket that's not listed on the replacement gaskets for the intake? all I know is the moment I poured in coolant it started leaking from there.



Any suggestions, ideas, names of parts? anything that can point me in the right direction!?!



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Looks like it may not be seated fully, other than that, I would consult a dealer or wait for other to chime in regarding a gasket. best of luck.

Did you take the TStat housing off?  Made sure the gasket is on the housing side not the engine side?  That's all I can think of ATM.

Quote from: derfdog15 on December 05, 2016, 03:43:50 PM
Looks like it may not be seated fully, other than that, I would consult a dealer or wait for other to chime in regarding a gasket. best of luck.

Should be seated... i torqued it to spec... but there can always be issues... just don't want to crack the intake manifold by over torquing...

Quote from: SHOdded on December 05, 2016, 04:10:49 PM
Did you take the TStat housing off?  Made sure the gasket is on the housing side not the engine side?  That's all I can think of ATM.

Na... never took it off... just removed the intake as a whole...



The pipe i am talking about is under the intake where the thermostat is...

anyone know the name?






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I guess it's called the "Water Inlet Hose".... AA5Z-8A505-B

Was it leaking from there before?

Quote from: SHOdded on December 05, 2016, 06:57:38 PM
Was it leaking from there before?

No... i am wondering if i might have bent it when i was taking out the manifold


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To me it doesn't look seated properly. Were you prying at the piece to get it off? They don't bend that easily.

there was a point where i lifted the rest of the manifold while i was trying to pull it out... not realizing that it was still connected... i may have left it sitting at that angle for a few minutes... i am thinking that i will remove the manifold again and then, contrary to the service manual's suggestion, seat those 2 bolts COMPLETELY, b4 i seat the rest... see how it turns out, and go from there


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Sounds like a plan!