Dorman OE Solutions Intake Manifold 615-175 Review

Visually, the quality of the Dorman intake's material and workmanship seems to be better than the Ford stock intake on my 2001 Mustang GT. The Dorman intake uses an aluminum crossover as opposed to the unreliable plastic crossover on the Ford stock intake (Ford corrected this problem in 2002). The Dorman intake also uses integrated O-rings instead of traditional gaskets, which simplifies installation and probably improves reliability (traditional gaskets have a tendency to trap coolant between the gasket and aluminum cylinder head on the Ford 4.6 liter engine. Over time, trapped coolant can eat away the aluminum). After I installed the Dorman intake, my car ran beautifully.

Couple of weeks later, I decided to change the spark plugs. However, I unpleasantly discovered that the Dorman intake partially obstructed 2 spark plug holes on the passenger side (the rear 2 spark plugs next to the intake passages marked with torque sequences 4 and 8). The obstruction was enough to block out my Craftsman 5/8 spark-plug socket, which means that changing these 2 spark plugs would require removal of the intake manifold again ... an unreasonable expectation. This problem did not exist with stock Ford intake.

If it weren't for this flaw, I would rate this product with 5 stars.

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Product Description:
No one in the aftermarket wants to be forced to source parts from, or send their customers to, the OE dealer.The better alternative is Dorman OE Solutions, a line of application-specific, new-to-the-aftermarket hard parts.OE Solutions products are often Dorman-engineered to be better than the original OE design.OE Solutions products are competitively priced to their OE alternatives and often include components necessary to complete the job that the OE Dealer charges extra for or does not make available.At Dorman we take pride in the quality of our products and in your satisfaction with their performance.

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Dorman OE Solutions Intake Manifold 615-178 Review

I bought this for my 96 Lincoln after I found out that my intake manifold cracked and it was past the deadline for the class action settlement from Ford. There are great instructions on the internet for the installation and it took about 7 hours from start to finish. The only problem was that one of the two temperature sensors would not come out of the old manifold and had to be replaced. The most difficult part of the installation was cleaning the mating surfaces.So far everything has worked fine.

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Product Description:
No one in the aftermarket wants to be forced to source parts from, or send their customers to, the OE dealer.The better alternative is Dorman OE Solutions, a line of application-specific, new-to-the-aftermarket hard parts.OE Solutions products are often Dorman-engineered to be better than the original OE design.OE Solutions products are competitively priced to their OE alternatives and often include components necessary to complete the job that the OE Dealer charges extra for or does not make available.At Dorman®, we take pride in the quality of our products and in your satisfaction with their performance.

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