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Thread: Drivers side ehaust leak
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03-15-2012, 07:53 AM #1
Drivers side ehaust leak
I have a bad exhaust leak from the drivers side any TIPS on how to change the exhaust manifold gasket I tried to tighten up all the the bolts first there were all tight.My car has long tubes headers I reused the stock gaskets which are 13 yrs old and now I brought new oem gaskets .
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03-15-2012, 09:32 AM #2
Unfortunatly, by the time header gaskets start leaking, it's usually too late to tighten them and get them to seal right.
When putting new gasket on, start the front & rear bolt, then just hang the gasket in place on those 2 bolts. Go slow, take your time and tighten from inner to outer bolts on the manifolds.
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03-15-2012, 11:44 AM #3
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This. Also remember anti-seize lube or you'll be next time you need to remove the header bolts.
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03-15-2012, 12:44 PM #4
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03-15-2012, 12:46 PM #5
I would probably use a torque wrench on the bolts too. It would suck to strip out a bolt hole, or twist the head off of a bolt.
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03-15-2012, 12:49 PM #6
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Might I also suggest locking header bolts?
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03-15-2012, 12:52 PM #7
Whats the tq specs ? I brought the up-dated gm header bolts the head is looks like a 12 mm compared to the stock 10 mm
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03-15-2012, 01:00 PM #8
I heard the locking header bolts are tough to uninstall due to those half moon clips .
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