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Old 01-22-07, 09:08 PM
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Manifold still leaking Exhaust ?'s

I am not a novice when it comes to these car I am just searching to see if womeone else has had this problem.

The deal is I have a 87NA and I have a exhaust leak at the manifold. I replaced the gasket had the manifold plained and still it leaks from the top of the manifold. I had a spare manifold and installed that on the car and imagine that it still leaked at the top. And yes I am positive thats were it is leaking, the down pipe gasket is sealed and my scope tells me so.

So if you have been through this before let me know. I may try a header but I have bad feeling it may leak as well.
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Sounds like there is a defect in the rotor housing/intermediate iron that it mounts to. Or the studs have pulled and are loose.

The TII exhaust gasket may help, but it's kind of expensive compared to the NA part.
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You know I was thinking there may be a defect there but I would think that that would couse some internal engine damage. The studs are in good shape the nuts came off easy and it chased the threads and antisezed the studs. I was thinking of useing some spare gaskets I have from my FD.

Thanks for the help and direction
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