Cheers for the show. I got a G8 BF Fairlane 5.4 3v. I have been almost driven nuts on what the hell is going on. Everything has been replaced especially for the ECU. ?? Turns out it the O ring gasket that has a spring around it joined to the begging of the air intake system from the air filter to the black plastic box that is only pushed on top of the ECU control unit that operates the the how system with the maf sensor inside it. Personally a bad bad design as it’s just not in my opinion good enough for the job it has to do. Especially getting hot and cold kills that O ring fast. But I changed the design a little and it has been beautiful with perfect air intake amounts on all revs with all systems. Cheers buddy good luck with the cool Ford BA. ❤️🇦🇺👍
Cool video mate. I've just done this job on my BA. I went about it differently....I didn't remove the throttle body, I removed the section of manifold it is bolted to (it's another gasket to replace, but it's only 10 bux at Repco), then removed the fuel rail and injectors and I had easy access to all bolts from above (no need to climb under the car or remove starter motor). I think it saved a lot of time and stress and made it real easy to get the manifold bolts back in.
Possibly the most australian bogan video ive ever watched, a fella on the piss working on his falcon, yet you still managed to keep it in good detail and easy to follow, Cheers mate
Thanks Mate, giving this a go this weekend…have a BF that gets hot & revs drop & dies…I’ve changed crank sensor, throttle sensor, coils, sparks, hoping this sorts it…all the best mate
Good on you mate a typical Ozzie bloke having a go reminds me of my younger days when me and my mate used to always be working on our own Ford cars those were days cheers mate good job 🍻 good to see a young bloke having a go . 👍
Wicked video bro half way through doing my bf right now. Just tryna figure out how to get the new gasket in. Absolute prick of a job but your vid made it a hell of a lot easier
Thanks mate just got it all back together and fired her up, running perfectly. Surprising how easy majority of the manifold bolts are, just those tricky buggers on the ends. Thanks dude saved me 400 odd at the mechanics.
@@iraiateporopiti3529 nice mate , and it will use much less fuel now too ! Just keep in mind after the engine heats up and cools several time over the next couple months the bolts may need just a slight tighten and then it will be sweet as man !
I just changed mine on my ford territory, from finding your vid. Cheers bro from Akld NZ 😉🤙🍻🍻 Almost took it in to the mechanics, nah I'll check out youtube 1st😉.
Mate,When you take out filter box you will have easy acess to all bolts on botom and disconet injectors and rail from system.I have done this job,but if you remove injectors it is important to change new O rings and filter gaskets in injectors.Locking bolts for intake should be 20Nm with blue thredlocker two times from in the midle to out by specification.
Great tips mate I didn't even think of thread locker actually it makes alot of sense it would save the bolts slowly coming loose after the engine heats and cools over a period of time ! Cheers again mate !
Good video, just wondering what symptoms you had before replacing. Mine is misfiring at idle and stalling it is worst when the air-con is on and on the highway it is misfiring especially under load. Thanks
Miss firing under load would more likely be bad spark plugs or coils mate ! But the symptoms you would get with a bad inlet manifold gasket is high idol/running rough using HEAPS of fuel ! I have another vid of a way you can check to see if you have a bad inlet manifold gasket !
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 yeah just replaced all plugs and bought 6 genuine ford coil packs and problem is still there. I replaced the inlet manifold gasket about 5 yrs ago and the symptoms back then were a bit different to what it’s doing now, just trying to rule one thing out at a time. Cheers
Great vid mate, planning on doing mine over the weekend (hence watching your vid now). I've seen this done a couple of ways. One guy took the top of the manifold off to allow more access to the bolts on the head. Do you reckon that would make much difference? And were you worried about not being able to clean the mating surfaces properly? Thanks for making this.
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 nice, I'll give it a crack this way then. My first thought when I knew it was the gasket was I'd have to take the whole manifold out. This makes me feel much better.
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 removed throttle body and intake manifold to get to the bolts cleaned throttle body upper intake manifold replaced gaskets changed serpertine belt and belt tensioner and now she runs quieter smoother and no vibrations.
Nice work mate ! So rewarding when it's all back together and running like a dream again ! And even better when you do it yourself and save a few dollars !
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 true was quoted $600 it cost $140 for 3 gaskets 1 serpentine belt a belt tensioner and carby cleaner but like you said it was very rewarding and the result was peace of mind.
In this case no ! It came out in one piece and the surfaces were clean as ! I suspect it will be the case in all cars ! The gasket is really thick and hard so it don't stick to the surfaces
Pretty sure mine is gone too. BA with 210,000k, Idles like a cammed V8, started a few days ago. Have a gasket here, coils and plugs are only a few thousand Ks old, is fine driving, just shit idling. Was yours running rich? Thanks for the video mate.
Yea drove fine and idol was very rough ! It went through tons of fuel also ! There is a way to know for sure , check out one of my other videos I made about finding vacuum leaks mate and you will know for sure !
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 thanks for the reply. I've done a DIY smoke test on it before when checking for a vacuum leak. How many hours did it take you?
How many hours did it take to replace the gasket ? It took nearly 3 hours from memory ! It's not really a hard job just hard to get to the bolts and a slow process removing some of them haha
Next time maybe easier if ya take the fuel rail and injectors out the way to access top bolts and can't hurt to chuck new O rings on the injectors whilst out but good job either way
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 only way to go lad is give it a go ya self espically with all the info that's easily available these days ..still a good vid to watch ....
Forums are useless. Go on there and ask, and all you get is "Easy as, 5 minute job" or "When I did it, you do this and that, but I haven't done it for 5 years" Another words, they have never done it and wouldn't have a clue, but will chime in anyway.
Yea mate there not very helpful haha that's why I'm starting this channel as there's not much help online for Australian cars so hopefully doing this I can help some Aussie battlers out :)
Good on you made it a really hard job but you did it.
Hahahahaha knuckle duvelacka things ..hahaha camerman is a legond also weldone lads ..Loved it. God Bless .Keep up the good work.
Cheers for the show. I got a G8 BF Fairlane 5.4 3v. I have been almost driven nuts on what the hell is going on. Everything has been replaced especially for the ECU. ?? Turns out it the O ring gasket that has a spring around it joined to the begging of the air intake system from the air filter to the black plastic box that is only pushed on top of the ECU control unit that operates the the how system with the maf sensor inside it. Personally a bad bad design as it’s just not in my opinion good enough for the job it has to do. Especially getting hot and cold kills that O ring fast. But I changed the design a little and it has been beautiful with perfect air intake amounts on all revs with all systems. Cheers buddy good luck with the cool Ford BA. ❤️🇦🇺👍
Top video got same problem lol will give it ago
Cool video mate. I've just done this job on my BA. I went about it differently....I didn't remove the throttle body, I removed the section of manifold it is bolted to (it's another gasket to replace, but it's only 10 bux at Repco), then removed the fuel rail and injectors and I had easy access to all bolts from above (no need to climb under the car or remove starter motor). I think it saved a lot of time and stress and made it real easy to get the manifold bolts back in.
Possibly the most australian bogan video ive ever watched, a fella on the piss working on his falcon, yet you still managed to keep it in good detail and easy to follow, Cheers mate
Thanks mate appreciate your video very much
Thanks mate top Aussie fix, great job🇦🇺
Hi mate thanks heaps for this vid it made it a whole lot easier
You're a good man, with a lot of patience
Thanks Mate, giving this a go this weekend…have a BF that gets hot & revs drop & dies…I’ve changed crank sensor, throttle sensor, coils, sparks, hoping this sorts it…all the best mate
You are the BEST!
Cheers for this mate, need to do this on my ba, having some idle issues. This was great help.
Cut my gasket in 2 pieces = 3 cyl each, the LPG looks easier.
Thanks for the top vid
Good on you mate a typical Ozzie bloke having a go reminds me of my younger days when me and my mate used to always be working on our own Ford cars those were days cheers mate good job 🍻 good to see a young bloke having a go . 👍
Great video did this job on my son's ba took me a while but got there in the end thanks for the video
No prob man glad it helped you out !
Wicked video bro half way through doing my bf right now. Just tryna figure out how to get the new gasket in. Absolute prick of a job but your vid made it a hell of a lot easier
Glad it helped ya mate ! Slid the new gasket in from the top by memory and got a bolt in slightly either end to hold it in place !
Thanks mate just got it all back together and fired her up, running perfectly. Surprising how easy majority of the manifold bolts are, just those tricky buggers on the ends. Thanks dude saved me 400 odd at the mechanics.
@@iraiateporopiti3529 nice mate , and it will use much less fuel now too ! Just keep in mind after the engine heats up and cools several time over the next couple months the bolts may need just a slight tighten and then it will be sweet as man !
Thanks for the video, ill be attempting this shortly.. keep up the good work bud 👍
Thanks mate
absolutely struggling with the back bottom one and the two top front bolts
Awesome video mate. I have to do mine. A great help. I'm going to do it over a weekend. Lol. Cheers
Thanks mate , you'll be right mate just take ya time and she'll be done before ya know it !
Good on ya mate,great vid,l have the same problem,so thanks heaps ....
I just changed mine on my ford territory, from finding your vid. Cheers bro from Akld NZ 😉🤙🍻🍻
Almost took it in to the mechanics, nah I'll check out youtube 1st😉.
Hell yea man glad it helped ya out bro ! It's not a fun job but stuff paying hundreds of dollars for someone to put on a $30 gasket haha
Exactly👍, you saved me $$$$ much appreciated, lucky I come across your TH-cam channel. Keep up the solid content helped me out 4sure.👍 Cheers bro 🙂🍻
In the process of moving house but as soon as I do I'll start pumping the content out again :)
keep up the good work mate! and you could get pretty far in TH-cam love the vids that you've posted there helping alot good work
Awesome brother.
Thanks heaps mate gonna have a crack on the weekend 👍
Thanks 👍 helpful
Mate,When you take out filter box you will have easy acess to all bolts on botom and disconet injectors and rail from system.I have done this job,but if you remove injectors it is important to change new O rings and filter gaskets in injectors.Locking bolts for intake should be 20Nm with blue thredlocker two times from in the midle to out by specification.
Great tips mate I didn't even think of thread locker actually it makes alot of sense it would save the bolts slowly coming loose after the engine heats and cools over a period of time ! Cheers again mate !
Hey mate you smashed it, did you have to touch the Injectors and fuel rail as I'll have to do this job and don't wanna pull Injectors ect.. cheers
Hey mate how long did the whole thing take to do pretty impressed with the job you did
Two hours roughly mate
Watching this after doing mine without removing air box or starter on a BF LPG. Prick of a job, wished I saw this first !
Good video, just wondering what symptoms you had before replacing. Mine is misfiring at idle and stalling it is worst when the air-con is on and on the highway it is misfiring especially under load. Thanks
Miss firing under load would more likely be bad spark plugs or coils mate ! But the symptoms you would get with a bad inlet manifold gasket is high idol/running rough using HEAPS of fuel ! I have another vid of a way you can check to see if you have a bad inlet manifold gasket !
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 yeah just replaced all plugs and bought 6 genuine ford coil packs and problem is still there. I replaced the inlet manifold gasket about 5 yrs ago and the symptoms back then were a bit different to what it’s doing now, just trying to rule one thing out at a time. Cheers
Great vid mate, planning on doing mine over the weekend (hence watching your vid now). I've seen this done a couple of ways. One guy took the top of the manifold off to allow more access to the bolts on the head. Do you reckon that would make much difference? And were you worried about not being able to clean the mating surfaces properly? Thanks for making this.
May make it a bit easier and no mate the surface was clean as !
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 nice, I'll give it a crack this way then. My first thought when I knew it was the gasket was I'd have to take the whole manifold out. This makes me feel much better.
You should tell us the sizes of all bolts and spaners
I did mate it just after the 18 minute mark I went through all the tools I used
Good job, you said its not vibrating's as much were there other causes of the vibration besides the inlet manifold?
After done this gasket it has purred like a kitten since mate
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 Awesome I have to change mine.
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 removed throttle body and intake manifold to get to the bolts cleaned throttle body upper intake manifold replaced gaskets changed serpertine belt and belt tensioner and now she runs quieter smoother and no vibrations.
Nice work mate ! So rewarding when it's all back together and running like a dream again ! And even better when you do it yourself and save a few dollars !
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 true was quoted $600 it cost $140 for 3 gaskets 1 serpentine belt a belt tensioner and carby cleaner but like you said it was very rewarding and the result was peace of mind.
Hey mate do you need to clean the old gasket material off the two surfaces?
In this case no ! It came out in one piece and the surfaces were clean as ! I suspect it will be the case in all cars ! The gasket is really thick and hard so it don't stick to the surfaces
Does coolant need to be drained? Or not necessary?
No mate it don't need to be drained it was unnecessary ! Good luck mate
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 thanks mate!
Pretty sure mine is gone too. BA with 210,000k, Idles like a cammed V8, started a few days ago. Have a gasket here, coils and plugs are only a few thousand Ks old, is fine driving, just shit idling. Was yours running rich?
Thanks for the video mate.
Yea drove fine and idol was very rough ! It went through tons of fuel also ! There is a way to know for sure , check out one of my other videos I made about finding vacuum leaks mate and you will know for sure !
Very easy to tell if coils and plugs are bad coz it will miss when giving it a boot full ! So I would rule that out !
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 thanks for the reply. I've done a DIY smoke test on it before when checking for a vacuum leak.
How many hours did it take you?
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 yeah I've done coils when it did exactly as you described.
How many hours did it take to replace the gasket ? It took nearly 3 hours from memory ! It's not really a hard job just hard to get to the bolts and a slow process removing some of them haha
Did you do an ecu relearn afterward?
Nope no need
If anyone has any questions or other tips or hints feel free to leave a comment cheers guys !
Next time maybe easier if ya take the fuel rail and injectors out the way to access top bolts and can't hurt to chuck new O rings on the injectors whilst out but good job either way
@@jeffmillar5201 cheers mate yea that would be easier id say , it was the first time I'd done it ya live and learn!
@@aussiebackyardmechanics7946 only way to go lad is give it a go ya self espically with all the info that's easily available these days ..still a good vid to watch ....
Forums are useless. Go on there and ask, and all you get is "Easy as, 5 minute job" or "When I did it, you do this and that, but I haven't done it for 5 years" Another words, they have never done it and wouldn't have a clue, but will chime in anyway.
Yea mate there not very helpful haha that's why I'm starting this channel as there's not much help online for Australian cars so hopefully doing this I can help some Aussie battlers out :)
Kunt of a job
I'm replacing all my welch plugs, gotta take the bastard right off. Exhaust manifold too.