Good thing its on the front of the Mani! If this was on the back you NEVER would have found it! Good luck with getting everything handled.

 

I don't know dude, that looks to me like the hole is at the end of a bead from a welder. Has someone been welding on your manifold? The picture is pretty fuzzy though.

 

Its either a bad weld or a defect in the metal, you are just incredibly unlucky, they should replace it under warranty.

 

So what you're saying is that you are the first person to ACTUALLY blow the welds on the intake manifold?

 

replacement is the least the dealership should do. you deserve some explaining, and a lot of new stuff for free.

 

sux

 

seeing as the factory manifold is cast, you'd probably be hard pressed to find a weld on it. that said, it does look like there is a small weld in that location. a better pic would be nice

also, the factory manifold would blow out the freeze/machining plugs long before it took any damage

this is most likely a defect in the casting & an isolated incident.

 

wow
that is some BS

very rare thing to happen

lol you blew the welds on your intake manifold

 

ahah that's crazy, I wonder what mitsubishi would say about it when you take it in, I bet they'd be scratching their heads, but that's definately covered under warranty, tell them that you want it completely replaced because I'm sure they would want to take the easy way out of just re welding that portion

 

The dealership has to fix that for you

 

demand a new motor

 

demand for a new engine. you don't know what's that hole been sucking in.

 

Interested to see what happens when you take it to the dealer. Keep it updated

 

going to the Dealership on monday.. hopefully It all works out. Should I put my stock intake back on?

 

Yes, put the stock Intake back on.