noticed it ticking till it warmed up. knew right away what that was. then i smelled fumes till warm,so knew it was getting worse.pulled heat shield yesterday. 2 major cracks. looks like it will be coming off in three pieces.

this looks like the best deal i could find.

manifold

what do you guys think? any other tips for replacement? should i attemt to clean oxy sensors while in there. or buy new. i have very low funds. so maybe i wont touch them.emptied kia out of all extra stuff and removed spare tire,and got 22 mpg couple weeks ago. so sensors cant be too bad. got around 80,000 mileson it.

pretty sure the front cat is gutted cause it ran like crap once so i floored it until it finally reved up all the way. i've read that was the melting cat guts breaking apart. will find out soon enough.

strangley enough i havent read of anybody replacing exhaust manifold. had a severe overheat once. think thats what did it.