Recent content by CrustyLinc

Any idea if loosening the dog-bone motor mount and the big motor mounts at the subframe will allow me to tilt the engine far enough forward to get my hands on the manifold where this tube is mounted? It threads into a horizontal flat section, but I can't even see it from top or bottom of the car.

Coming back for an update and hoping for some more insight... Isolated the broken part to be the "air injection pipe", which is a small metal tube connecting an air valve mounted on the rear valve cover and runs down to the rear exhaust manifold. I loosened the section at the air valve and the...

That is a GREAT picture! Thanks for the tips, MooJohn. :Beer I'll be putting her back up in the air over the weekend- maybe working in the daylight will be more helpful. LOL

Thanks for the reply, MooJohn! I'm mechanically inclined, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to get back there to check anything. On the PITA meter, how big of a job is it to repair/replace the EGR tube?

Hey all! New guy to Lincoln ownership with a 1997 Continental...decent car with 159K miles. Picked it up in November and loved it for the cheap car it was until last night. LOL Driving down the highway, I started to hear what sounded like a large exhaust leak up near the engine and fumes...