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Caution on the exhaust manifold gasket Posted by Bill Homer [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Re: Thanks and about the header?, buckmath, Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:02:38 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
If there is no sooty blowby from exhaust leaks, I would leave the exhaust manifold studs alone; they are very prone to breakage on their own, particulalry the long ones used in the outside two positions on either end, and broken studs are difficult to replace while the cylinder head is in the car. My car currently has two broken exhaust studs and my SAAB indy has advised me to just leave them alone until the gasket starts to leak; it will be a race to see which lets go first, the exhaust manifold gasket or the head gasket, as the car has close to 170,000 miles on it. With the head out of the car, a machine shop can easily drill out the broken studs. As someone who likes to do preventative maintenance, this bothers me, but since he is actually advising me to pass on paying him for work, he must know something (or they really hate this job).
I don't think that the turbo gaskets are prone to leaking, and one never knows what will happen if you start wrestling with the studs when removing nuts that are probably on pretty solidly - I'd leave well-enough alone here.
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