Ok. So my hatch went from sounding like a civic to a lawn mower. I have a leak where the manifold connects to the lower pipe. When I reinstalled the stock manifold after tossing the Megan header than was originally on there I took the pipe apart, cleaned the flange and reinstalled the mani/lower pipe with a fresh gasket. But being that the original bolts and studs were warped, rusted and have gone through many heat cycles, one of the nuts walked itself out and that is why I have the leak.

Long story short. I am planning on buying/replacing the 3 studs and nuts to make sure I have a good locking seal. How much of a pain is it to remove the old studs so I can install the new ones? Worst case scenario, I can just get new nuts, add thread locker and gasket seal the hell out of everything so I won't loose a nut again and worry about sounding like a gokart. There's enough of that around town as it is.

Car deets: 94 civic hatch w/ b7

Tips, suggestions. I'll take them all.

 

No one? Any one? I'm gonna go to the dealer today. Any words of encouragement?