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my '85 sounds like an airplane! haha, according to my mom, but it is pretty loud!
i keep having a problem with the exhaust manifold gasket, it keeps breaking cuz one of the bolts that connects the exhaust to the manifold keeps falling off! so all the exhaust is coming out of that little hole... anybody know where i can get those bolts?! i've tried autozone with no luck...
i keep having a problem with the exhaust manifold gasket, it keeps breaking cuz one of the bolts that connects the exhaust to the manifold keeps falling off! so all the exhaust is coming out of that little hole... anybody know where i can get those bolts?! i've tried autozone with no luck...
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All the exhaust manifold gaskets I've dealt with could never break like that...pressed composite and steel breaking? Do you actually mean the intake manifold gasket by chance?
Nonetheless, maybe there's other folk out there who have had the same problem, so let's see what they have to say.
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Nonetheless, maybe there's other folk out there who have had the same problem, so let's see what they have to say.
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if by aftermarket you mean not from mazda, i guess it is... i got from autozone, its a "fel-pro" gasket... idk, but this the second time i've had to replace that thing this year!
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edit: I found the gasket in my garage. I knew Fall cleanup days was going to be fruitful!
THIS is what your exhaust gasket should look like. You can see that the material is more than twice as wide at the point where yours is broken and it also has the advantage of a lot more mass which means the ability to absorb more heat as a unit before failing. Get the right part and the problem may be solved though I highly recommend sinking a Helicoil into the block so you can put a bolt in there again and have it stay.
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i guess its the exhaust pipe flange ring, thanks guys! its all good now, but how, i thought i lost her thursday night when my engine failed somehow! i thought the alternator had had enough of my need for speed but i checked it out after the smoke cleared and it was the water pump that need attention