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Turbodad · 08-20-2016, 05:12 PM

Installed "Joe Toth" front spoiler and rear duck tail.

njbray · 08-20-2016, 10:22 PM

At long last I managed to track down an annoying persistent exhaust leak - with the help of a stethoscope!
It was at the rear end of the headers - on both sides. Patched them up with some high temp J-B Weld. It ain't pretty.
I'll see if it works for a time. Soon going to get some new headers and high flow cats.

Alfieg23 · 08-21-2016, 08:14 AM

ryanjboutin · 08-28-2016, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by njbray

At long last I managed to track down an annoying persistent exhaust leak - with the help of a stethoscope!
It was at the rear end of the headers - on both sides. Patched them up with some high temp J-B Weld. It ain't pretty.
I'll see if it works for a time. Soon going to get some new headers and high flow cats.

I'm all for JB Weld, but man, I would not have put it on the bolt.

njbray · 08-28-2016, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ryanjboutin

I'm all for JB Weld, but man, I would not have put it on the bolt.

The photo is misleading. I cleaned up the repair soon after so the bolt is clear - it looks a lot neater than shown. The repair paste is not really epoxy but heat resistant. It can be scraped off if necessary.