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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 03:36 PM
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Exhaust leak between manifold/head

Yup determined my leak is coming from between the two, any hints on making this easy? Possibly part number for a good manifold gasket?
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 07:00 PM
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Re: Exhaust leak between manifold/head

Originally Posted by DizzTransAm
Yup determined my leak is coming from between the two, any hints on making this easy? Possibly part number for a good manifold gasket?
spray all of your bolts down the night before with pb blaster,then again before you take em off. use a breaker bar too
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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Re: Exhaust leak between manifold/head

I had a gas leak between the manifold and head on the drivers side closest to the fire wall. I tightened down the bolt closest to the leek and fixed the problem.
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 08:43 AM
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Re: Exhaust leak between manifold/head

after tearing through too many paper gaskets (partially due to a cheap set of shorties), i went with a set of the copper gaskets and never had to do the job again. a lot of guys will also recommend the percy aluminum ones as well, very good pieces
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