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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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finaly found my exaust leak...

since i got my car it has had an exaust leak and today i finally got sick of it and pulled the car in the garage and starting checking over everything.i got it down to two posable spots #1 was where the turbo met the manifold #2 is where the manifold meets the block ,and well it was comeing from #2



the gasket...

manifold

turbo


so now tomarrow morning i start the clean up and get it all back together

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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 11:11 PM
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hehe so much work for such a small problem... I hate cars...
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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lol yea ,really it wasnt that bad just time consuminglol
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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 08:06 PM
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ok i think im gona pull my hair out....got new gaskets for both sides of the manifold got it all bolted back up and its still leaking so i think its the turbo....so now i have to try to figure out how to fix that....
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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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well after taking my time and going over the turbo i found there was two bolts missing from the exasut side of the turbo..and all the carbon build up is coming from those two holes got new bolts but in it tonight will be puting the car back together in the morning ....
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