Header gasket problems. :(
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I just wanted to say, De.fUsEd....You are killing me with that jakson picture!!!!! hahaha Besides scarin the sh!t out of me everytime i scroll down to read a post and find that pic starin at me, when i read i can hear his wierd azz voice sayin the words!! That is funny as hell though!
By the way getting the two pieces welded would be alot cheaper than buyin a 4-1 header.
By the way getting the two pieces welded would be alot cheaper than buyin a 4-1 header.
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Originally Posted by dE.fUsEd
On my OBX header, it's a 2 piece, 4-2-1. The gasket for inbetween (header & downpipe) keeps going out. The one they sent me burned up 20 minutes after I put the header on. So i tried to find another gasket but noone has one that will fit, so I had to get a HUGE sheet of High Temp gasket from Napa and cut my own. But now the one I cut is leaking too. What else can i use?
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Have you tried the high temp gasket from Napa with high temp silicon? Also, make sure you got some good locking nuts or lock washers on it when you assemble. Lastly, after you assemble, run the car and get it heated up, then retorque the bolts after it cools. It sounds like in the course of heating and cooling, the bolts are streching causing your gaskets to fail.
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I'd use the High Temp gasket maker (it's a red one) or the Bronze looking tube which is even higher temp.
I used the red stuff on my Mr Gasket header gasket and it's fine.
I used the red stuff on my Mr Gasket header gasket and it's fine.
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I just wanted to say, De.fUsEd....You are killing me with that jakson picture!!!!! hahaha Besides scarin the sh!t out of me everytime i scroll down to read a post and find that pic starin at me, when i read i can hear his wierd azz voice sayin the words!! That is funny as hell though!
By the way getting the two pieces welded would be alot cheaper than buyin a 4-1 header.
By the way getting the two pieces welded would be alot cheaper than buyin a 4-1 header.
haha yah i couldnt resist puttin that pic up. lol.
Originally Posted by Hondaman
Have you tried the high temp gasket from Napa with high temp silicon? Also, make sure you got some good locking nuts or lock washers on it when you assemble. Lastly, after you assemble, run the car and get it heated up, then retorque the bolts after it cools. It sounds like in the course of heating and cooling, the bolts are streching causing your gaskets to fail.
if that fails....meineke is right next to my house, and ill just have it welded.
thanks alot.
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