Use Felpro "PermaTorque" gaskets and soak them in regular water. (Salt
Water corrodes metal). That's that I used to use on my BB Chevy, which are
notorious for leaky headers.
- Bernd
At 05:32 PM 09/23/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>dude!!! my edlebrocks do it too!!! The shops I've taken it to have all
>said that it's just the nature of headers... I too have tightened
>everything I can get my hands on and it still does it. I know that your
>supposed to retighten all the bolts every couple weeks after you install
>the headers for a couple months, which I failed to do (I tightened, but I
>don't think I did it often enough). I've heard of a couple tricks to get
>the gaskets to expand more than normal and that'll probably help. I'll
>talk to my F-body buddies to see.... it was something like sokin' the
>gaskets in salt water before you install it or something....
>
>-mike d.
>
>
> >>> <BlKV8Dkota@aol.com> 09/21/99 12:40AM >>>
>I put on edelbrock headers on my 98 318. I have an exhaust leak somewhere.
>The noise is very annoying. Everything is tight. I think it might be the
>gaskets. The noise sounds like a sort of tapping almost. I know it is from
>the exhaust because this did not happen with the old manifolds. It is only
>heard under acceleration and not just driving. Is this caused by bad
>gaskets?
>
>josh
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