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Old 02-04-2018, 09:58 PM   #30
mplex2000
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Re: header collector sealing problem.

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Originally Posted by SSC's76 View Post
You suck! I wanted to tell them about that trick.

Yep as cst70 said this trick works! Ive done it a few times with warped flanges and it sealed them up with no problems. This also tends to increase collector gasket life quite a bit since the pipes arent constantly rubbing against both sides of the gasket cutting it from both ends.
Funny I thought I was super clever when I invented that trick! Mine was a tight fight and I just used copper silicone in lieu of gaskets. Lasted quite a while before I got another leak. Engine swap time coming (hopefully) soon so I ain't fixing it again.
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