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fot80
Dodge Dakota
11/18/2001
17:45:43
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 Subject: leaky exhaust
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I've reduced the leak at the flange of the driver's side header to the point where it's very little. I've had enough trying to fix it and lost too much sleep over it. Was wondering if having a slight leake would hurt anything. thanks
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CW
GenIII
 
11/18/2001
17:49:17
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Doubt it. If the leak was still pretty big then it may throw out the O2 sensor reading.
2001 4.7 5sp RC 3.91 sport plus
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fot80
Dodge Dakota
11/18/2001
18:04:28
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Thanks CW for the speedy response. I just wanna forget about the headers for right now. $500 for months of agony and little gain. Also, on a side note, i wanna get rid of the pre-cats as i think this will give my car a boost (dakotas without them have 5 more hp with a smaller 65mm TB instead of a 68). I'm guessing a 10 h.p increase. Also, I'm doing this, because as a result, I feel the reduced backpressure will also help reduce the leak somewhat even more.
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scott
Dodge Dakota
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1/20/2003
03:27:59
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I got a leak on my truck at the collectors on my headers,tried every kind of gasket but nothing helps what can I do.
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Lello
Dodge Dakota
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1/20/2003
16:19:28
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According to my Gibson Header Instructions, they highly advise to retorque after a hundred miles to avoid leaks which if bad enough can burn your exhaust valve(s)
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scott
Dodge Dakota
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1/21/2003
02:22:00
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thanks for the advice but its not my headers that are leaking its the collector where the header and pipe meet together it leaks pretty good, what can I do about that and what could it do to my truck if I don't get it fixed. Tried almost every kind of gasket nothing works.
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99dakota
Dodge Dakota
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1/21/2003
08:41:47
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I beleive my edelbrock shortys are leaking at the same spot I am not using factory gaskets though. Someone sugested that I use high temp copper silicone I'm going to try it but its been too cold
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scott
Dodge Dakota
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1/23/2003
02:33:04
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I have true dual exhaust I only have one o2 sensor in one of the pipes do I need one in each or is one ok.
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