Flange Leak Problem
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From: Washington D.C.
Vehicle: Hyundai Tiburon FX
To sum up: The gasket sealant blew out. I bought vinyl gasket. That burnt in 3 days. So I bought hi-temp gasket from Hedman Headers:
Completely burned out in 1 year.
So I ordered some from ebay:
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Will these work? What do you use for header gasket that won't burn or leak??
Completely burned out in 1 year.
So I ordered some from ebay:
Will these work? What do you use for header gasket that won't burn or leak??
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Vehicle: 2000 hyundai tiburon
stainless steel welds-...
unless you cant remove the headers from the bottom of the car-...
no sense in trying something may or may not work again, i'd go for the phucket approach on this one.
i think (w/o looking at it) it's most likely a mis-alignment issue from the manufacturer. get it as tigh as you can and get that puppy welded shut!
unless you cant remove the headers from the bottom of the car-...
no sense in trying something may or may not work again, i'd go for the phucket approach on this one.
i think (w/o looking at it) it's most likely a mis-alignment issue from the manufacturer. get it as tigh as you can and get that puppy welded shut!
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From: Pflugerville, TX
Vehicle: 2000 Elantra
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this tells me there is a flange flatness issue.
Take the manifold and whatever pipe attaches to it to a machine shop. Tell them to make the mating surfaces dead flat.
i took my grinder and shed some bumps off the flange
Take the manifold and whatever pipe attaches to it to a machine shop. Tell them to make the mating surfaces dead flat.