Header Gasket!!!!!

swtstang · 05-28-2001, 11:21 AM

I lost a header bolt and couldn't replace if for a day. When I did it was still leaking and sounding like S***!!!!! Does this sound like a header gasket? How hard it is it to install the a new one? The headers were already on the car when I bought them. Thanks

swtstang · 05-28-2001, 11:30 AM

BTW, is this going to mess up a valve if I don't fix this soon?

moosejaw · 05-28-2001, 10:46 PM

This will not mess up any valves.

Is your header a continuous/solid flange or are the flanges seperate. If it is solid then your flange may have warped. Easily reflattened by a machine shop. Sometimes you gotta do these things or it will continue to leak no matter what gasket you use.

Mike

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05-28-2001, 11:21 AM	#1
swtstang Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: stockton, ca usa Posts: 160	Header Gasket!!!!! I lost a header bolt and couldn't replace if for a day. When I did it was still leaking and sounding like S***!!!!! Does this sound like a header gasket? How hard it is it to install the a new one? The headers were already on the car when I bought them. Thanks

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05-28-2001, 11:30 AM	#2
swtstang Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: stockton, ca usa Posts: 160	BTW, is this going to mess up a valve if I don't fix this soon?

05-28-2001, 10:46 PM	#3
moosejaw Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: St.Louis,MO Posts: 274	This will not mess up any valves. Is your header a continuous/solid flange or are the flanges seperate. If it is solid then your flange may have warped. Easily reflattened by a machine shop. Sometimes you gotta do these things or it will continue to leak no matter what gasket you use. Mike ------------------ Live near St.Louis? Check out Mustang Muscle and Dyno in High Ridge, MO Check out my ride.