Ebay header figment issues. How to proceed..?

[986bsdriver]

Thanks for the heads up. I tied the power steering line up against the trailing arm and also wrapped that small section of the header. Also wrapped the section where it met the valve cover and am confident that it won’t be touching oil where it is.

I know the primary o2 sensors are not at risk of melting or burning through. I’m gonna recheck the secondary o2 sensors for good measure now.

You mentioned that it melted to a crisp, as in the sensor itself melted? I thought they kinda go where the bung is as I’ve never heard of one melting prior😳

[Dave80GTSi]

While of no help to you now, anecdotal stories of fitment issues like this with aftermarket parts have made me wary of using them.

Instead, I am in the process of fitting early OEM factory non-cat manifolds, which you know will fit perfectly, and are significantly more compact as you can see.

Granted, these may not flow as well as a set of proper equal-length tube headers. But I doubt that any substantial performance differences could be noted during most circumstances.

[986bsdriver]

Chances are I won’t notice a huge difference as I’m not usually in the upper rpm range, but there seems to be plenty of room for a couple small snails in there😉

[Geof3]

Originally Posted by 986bsdriver

Thanks for the heads up. I tied the power steering line up against the trailing arm and also wrapped that small section of the header. Also wrapped the section where it met the valve cover and am confident that it won’t be touching oil where it is.

I know the primary o2 sensors are not at risk of melting or burning through. I’m gonna recheck the secondary o2 sensors for good measure now.

You mentioned that it melted to a crisp, as in the sensor itself melted? I thought they kinda go where the bung is as I’ve never heard of one melting prior😳

No, the connector plug and associated harness. When we took it out, it looked as though it may have actually caught fire. Either way, it's all good now, but definitely wrap the PS line. If that melts, that's a guaranteed fire.