jambo
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 11:40 PM |
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exhaust sealing tips
any tips to get the exhaust sealed at the head.
one of my next jobs.
[Edited on 8/12/08 by jambo]
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stuart_g
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| posted on 8/12/08 at 09:12 AM |
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Use the standard gasket rings and make sure the header pipes sit square in the exhaust ports and it should seal OK. There shouldn't be a need
for assembly paste at the engine end but you may need a thin smear where the collector goes on to the headers.
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Peteff
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| posted on 8/12/08 at 10:01 AM |
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Get some high temp silicone
li
ke this it's easier than exhaust paste.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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twybrow
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| posted on 8/12/08 at 11:33 AM |
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Surely you want to keep any silicone products away from the exhaust if you ever need to put a lambda sensor in there.... Silicone and o2 sensors do
not mix (ask the 1000s of motorists last year!).
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 8/12/08 at 01:27 PM |
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Hi you can get silicone RTV liquid gasket which is compatible with sensors. I've used it fully expecting it to blow out or burn away but it
lasted several weeks until I took it off again to replace the old metal gasket, I had used the RTV thinking it would be a temporary measure. Still
flexible and was very easy to remove by a simple scraper or hand mostly.
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amalyos
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| posted on 14/12/08 at 10:33 PM |
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use 2 sets of exhaust gaskets, it's the only way I got a good seal.
http://stevembuild.blogspot.com
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