Re: V8 Magnum Header Gaskets

From: Bob H (torch@triplet.net)
Date: Thu Jun 17 1999 - 23:50:18 EDT


John and Alan,

Thanks for the reassurance, I needed it. Hoping that everything gets better
in the next month, feel like I lost a little performance and mileage and
gained in tuff looks.
At 09:57 PM 6/17/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Mine were pretty stinky for at least a month, maybe a month and a half. I
>was wondering if they were ever going to stop. They did! I too was checking
>for melt downs of any kind about every other time I shut the truck down.
>Nothing even got close. The coated headers are cooler than my iron manifolds
>ever were.
>
>John
>98 Dakota 4X4 CC Sport, 5.2L, Auto, Leach headers, DDBC
>
><snip>
>How long before the header gaskets quit smelling? It has been a week, tho
>truck is driven in short small trips, still smells and I have checked to
>make sure I am not sizzling wires!
>
><unsnip>
>
>
>
 ~~~~~Bob



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