F53 V10 Manifold Bolts
Our Winnebago Class A with it's Ford V10 just joined the ranks of those with broken manifold studs and a leaking exhaust manifold. When it warms up next week I'll dig in and fix it. Thought I'd try to...
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Dale.Traveling wrote:I think the air flow is very important. I had to add an air dam to force cool air though my radiator. The original design had the radiator 2-3ft behind the grill which was all open and most off the air just went under the radiator instead of through it.
72,000 miles on my 2006 stock V10 and no bolt failures. 90% of those miles are from May to September in the summer heat. The engine offset is only 45mm (less than 2 inches) to the curb side.
I think you need to look more at the design of the coach house and airflow, or lack of flow, to help keep heat under control.
