Re: RE: Exhaust header gasket

From: Barry Oliver (barrysuperhawk@comcast.net)
Date: Thu May 27 2010 - 22:48:26 EDT


Ray Block wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Phillip Batson
>>
>>If the exhaust header is leaking, what kind of bad things are going to
>>happen if I don't fix it right away?
>>
>>To be sure I'm talking about the right thing...the muffler system pipes
>>connect to it and it connects to the head. The gasket between the head and
>>the exhaust header thingy is what is leaking. hah! I'm such a newb!
>
>
> Headers are aftermarket tubular steel pipes between the heads and the
> exhaust pipe(s). Exhaust manifolds are cast iron and come stock between
> the heads and the exhaust pipe(s). Which do you have?
>
> Besides an annoying noise, a leak there will affect your Air/Fuel ratio and
> possibly cause poor performance and gas mileage as the O2 sensor(s) won't be
> seeing the correct A/F ratio.....which will give your PCM incorrect data.
>
> Are you sure you have a gasket problem or could it perhaps just be some
> loose bolts?
>
> Ray
>

When mine took a dump, I started melting things with the hot exhaust...
  It's really an easy fix, though, just dremel off the 2 bolts, drop in
the new gasket and bolt back togeather with Stainless bolts...



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