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Old 10-17-2009, 03:04 PM
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My buddy installed my headers I bought off of summit and we got em all hooked up and bolted in. We are having a problem though. From the header to the down pipe its not a secure enough connection and there is a serious exhaust leak. We've tried finding some donut gaskets but no one has any. Do we not have them bolted together tight enough or what? I found these http://goodies-speedshop.com/i-14516...sket-only.html do you think they will work? It's the summit branded headers.
 
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would a few washers worK?
 
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No that wouldn't work. It's from the end of the header that goes into the down pipe. Seems as though it's not a good fit. So I don't know what to do.
 
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Is it a three bolt flange? you should be able to get a gasket for it.
 
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It's only a 2 bolt flange.
 
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i got mine used and they have what appears to be a donut gasket on them and i searched and couldnt find a replacement one for them.....
 
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Well this sucks. We went all over town to try and find a damn gasket but no one has one because the truck never came with one. Did anyone else have some problems getting there headers installed? I found some edelbrock donut gaskets on summit but it says it's for edelbrock headers not pace setter. Would they work?
 
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we had a similar problem at the garage i work at. we put an after market exhaust on a car, andthe cat-gasket was wrong, nor did the pipe come with one. so we ended up tightening up everything, then use rubber cement (i think it was) to give the extra seal
 
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As you've found out, these did not use donut gaskets, just a ball socket type connection. The headers are either poorly fitting or the y-pipe needs to be fiddled with to get it to seal. My B2 uses the same connection, I had to mess with loosening and tightening the y-pipe and moving it around before I got it to seal.
 


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