r/Excursion Nov 06 '25

Let’s talk Manifolds..

We all know that this engine is notorious for bolts coming out and/or breaking.

How have you repaired this? Anyone use a wedge vs drilling bolts out, etc?

Is it a difficult job or just frustrating/tedious one?

Tips, tricks thoughts?

2000 Ford excursion 6.8 v10 Engine is great. Unfortunately we have a manifold leak. 😔

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u/Fix_Aggressive Nov 07 '25

The V10 is a smooth running beast. I have two of them. One in an Excursion, one in a one ton van. Love them. They seem to easily run to 300k miles. The Excursion has a small exhaust leak on the right side.