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turboawdfanatic
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Joined: Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:39 pm
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Location: La Habra
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 Major exhaust leaks I've had really bad exhaust leaks between the head/ex. man. and the turbo/ex. man. for a while now. I have a 4 layer ex. man. gasket, and the RRE SS turbo to ex. man. gasket, and all nuts/bolts have been torqued, but I still have leaks. I pulled the ex. man. last night and held a straight edge against the mating surfaces, and couldn't *see* any imperfections. I haven't checked the turbo's mating surface or the head. I suppose the aluminum head would be more prone to warping from excessive heat due to exhaust leaks before the ex. man. would. I'm going to try copper spray, but I don't really want to do that.
Any ideas on what the next step should be to take care of this? What's a ballpark cost on resurfacing the flanges on the ex. man. and the turbo?
TIA
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| Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:05 pm |
 
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Havoc
helmet polisher
Joined: Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:49 pm
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Re: Major exhaust leaks
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gordonbradford
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Joined: Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:45 am
Posts: 325
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Re: Major exhaust leaks
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turboawdfanatic
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Location: La Habra
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Re: Major exhaust leaks
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gordonbradford
DSM Regular
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Location: Phoenix, AZ
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clockworktoy
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Joined: Tue May 22, 2007 7:08 pm
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Location: LBC
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Re: Major exhaust leaks I wouldn't expect it to be too much, i payed $20 to resurface my flywheels and close for the head too from a guy who knows his stuff. If you want i can get you the number to my machine shop
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turboawdfanatic
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Location: La Habra
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Re: Major exhaust leaks Yeah, that would be cool. I might as well do it while they're out of the car if its going to be affordable. Where is the shop located?
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| Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:40 pm |
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clockworktoy
Squish Face
Joined: Tue May 22, 2007 7:08 pm
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Location: LBC
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Illeagle
Talon of Doom
Joined: Wed May 23, 2007 10:07 am
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Location: Long Beach
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Re: Major exhaust leaks _________________1/4 ET-11.657@121.18mph w/ 1.682 60' 445whp/427tq on RRE Dyno All on 91 pump. Do you need your car tooned? Got some extra cash? PM me for details. I offer street and dyno tunes
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clockworktoy
Squish Face
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Location: LBC
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Re: Major exhaust leaks
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Illeagle
Talon of Doom
Joined: Wed May 23, 2007 10:07 am
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Location: Long Beach
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Re: Major exhaust leaks Well Greg at millenium is a DSM guy himself. So I trust he will do it right.
_________________1/4 ET-11.657@121.18mph w/ 1.682 60' 445whp/427tq on RRE Dyno All on 91 pump. Do you need your car tooned? Got some extra cash? PM me for details. I offer street and dyno tunes
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Infinite_KaoS
DSM Regular
Joined: Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:20 am
Posts: 316
Location: Victorville
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Re: Major exhaust leaks Try this: http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/article ... anges.htmlAlso, if that doesn't work then try the copper exhaust manifold gasket from ffwdconnection.com its super thick. Jstoned1 tried it and it fixed his leaks even with 1 broken manifold stud.
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Synthetek
Luvz teh Beer!!
Joined: Tue May 22, 2007 6:46 pm
Posts: 2848
Location: La Palma, OC
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Re: Major exhaust leaks _________________99 GSX - 296.5 AWHP
I'm assuming you all have guns and crack!
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turboawdfanatic
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Joined: Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:39 pm
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Location: La Habra
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Re: Major exhaust leaks Great info. Those gaskets look sick. I might order a pair.
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