Exhaust leak at header flange! Should I worry about it??
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Exhaust leak at header flange! Should I worry about it??
I installed a DC 2-piece 4-2-1 header a while ago and there seems to be a leak between the flanges...
I bought the header used and the bolts were cross threaded so I couldn't tighten them all the way down
I am thinking about drilling the threads out and replacing them with some regular bolts...has anyone done this before? or should I just not worry about it?
I bought the header used and the bolts were cross threaded so I couldn't tighten them all the way down
I am thinking about drilling the threads out and replacing them with some regular bolts...has anyone done this before? or should I just not worry about it?
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Re: Exhaust leak at header flange! Should I worry about it?? (Br1anPham)
**** i had my stock header leak and i swear to god that everytime i turned on my heater the exhaust fumes would get in my car and you would see me driving around in the snow with my windows down it was terrible, definitly fix it
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Re: Exhaust leak at header flange! Should I worry about it?? (Br1anPham)
or you can do what i did
take and weld it together
viola you now have a one piece header and no more leaks unless you suck at welding
or you can just remove the bolt and re thread the hole and fix it that way
take and weld it together
viola you now have a one piece header and no more leaks unless you suck at welding
or you can just remove the bolt and re thread the hole and fix it that way
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Re: Exhaust leak at header flange! Should I worry about it?? (dirtyd463)
My "used" header has the same problem, and it already has the regular bolts and nuts in it. I'm thinking of putting a bead of weld around it
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Re: Exhaust leak at header flange! Should I worry about it?? (Uncle Ben)
weld it =
the only thing wrong with it is it might be a pain sometime if you need to remove the header, instead of just taking out one part, you gotta take the lower part out too, i dealt with it first hand. not that its a big problem or nothing, just sometimes you might have to jack up the car to take out the header.
the only thing wrong with it is it might be a pain sometime if you need to remove the header, instead of just taking out one part, you gotta take the lower part out too, i dealt with it first hand. not that its a big problem or nothing, just sometimes you might have to jack up the car to take out the header.
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Re: Exhaust leak at header flange! Should I worry about it?? (koreanwilcox)
yeh i would definately get it fixed, things can only get worse, plus it will stink ur car up when u use the air and heat
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Re: Exhaust leak at header flange! Should I worry about it?? (hair_rice)
hey man, goto home depot/autozone grab some jb weld. Re-tighten thoose nuts and throw on some jb weld, i've done it, and it's been about a month.. awesome resualts.
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Re: Exhaust leak at header flange! Should I worry about it?? (DewMota)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DewMota »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey man, goto home depot/autozone grab some jb weld. Re-tighten thoose nuts and throw on some jb weld, i've done it, and it's been about a month.. awesome resualts.</TD></TR></TABLE>
That can't handle the heat long term though, can it?
That can't handle the heat long term though, can it?
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Re: Exhaust leak at header flange! Should I worry about it?? (koreanwilcox)
Do you have a metal reuseable gasket with that header? You said you bought it used so it may have been missed. May need a new gasket.
Retread the hole.
Retread the hole.
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Re: Exhaust leak at header flange! Should I worry about it?? (jbs)
The header came with the gaskets that go between the two flanges (2 o-rings)
Yesterday I went down to Home Depot and got some nuts and bolts..
took the bolts out that were in there and replaced them with new ones! No more leak! My car is sooo much more quiet! And it only cost me about $2
I didn't really want to weld it and the bolts are working great so far!
Yesterday I went down to Home Depot and got some nuts and bolts..
took the bolts out that were in there and replaced them with new ones! No more leak! My car is sooo much more quiet! And it only cost me about $2
I didn't really want to weld it and the bolts are working great so far!
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