Exhaust manifold leak
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Exhaust manifold leak
Anyone experience the manifold warping and causing a leak?
I have a HKS cast log manifold and i'm pretty sure that's what is causing my leak.
After of years of driving the car with the leak, i'm finally able to see signs of exhaust leak around the gasket.
With people with similar problems have you been able to machine the manifold to fix the problem?
I have a HKS cast log manifold and i'm pretty sure that's what is causing my leak.
After of years of driving the car with the leak, i'm finally able to see signs of exhaust leak around the gasket.
With people with similar problems have you been able to machine the manifold to fix the problem?
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I would machine the manifold , that's what warps . Just did manifold gaskets on a dodge 383 with old cast manifold last week at work . With a straight edge . The two center primary's where the merge and coolant flows was warped almost 40 thousands compared to the the out side runners . The solutions were either machine the manifold or double up the gasket in the center and use copper rtv in between everything . Because the costumer wanted the truck back by Friday ( transmission rebuild , valve cover and manifold gaskets ) we did the second choice . As long as the manifold not cracked it worth it I think to machine . I'd like to find a old cast manifold myself for my heavy holset hx52 . Cast can take some weight
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Got the same problem as op, got a hks manifold and can hear an exhaust leak. But there are no signs of it. Going to try and install a new gasket from Mazda. Hopefully it works or else I might have to machine it down.
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It Shouldn't matter . They just being picky cause there's no money in it really for them . All they gotta do is re deck the thing . It's just cast iron . If they can deck blocks and heads , flywheels , etc then they can do a manifold
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I encountered a slight leak so I used a piece of exhaust gasket material AND an OEM Gasket.
It worked rather well.
The reason I did it was that the OEM gasket is an arm and a leg.
Yours looks like poop by the way..heh,heh.
It worked rather well.
The reason I did it was that the OEM gasket is an arm and a leg.
Yours looks like poop by the way..heh,heh.
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