Jaryd21

some jobs are good to be left in others hands, especially the ones you know you will lose a bolt on or something along those lines or forget one tiny detail.

Mustang Freak

Caseydilbeck78

I also agree!!!!!

m05fastbackGT

Count me in as well!!!

Caseydilbeck78

Well I took my car to the shop yesterday morning and dropped her off and they had it done before I got off work today.... new header gaskets and stage 8 locking header bolts.... she good as new and she don't sound like a lawn mower anymore and all my power is back.... it only cost 781 bucks but she's fixed... thank God, I sure don't want to deal with this again.....

Jaryd21

Great to hear she is back up and running.

Mustang Freak

Money well spent!

m05fastbackGT

This

Caseydilbeck78

Cars ain't cheap that's for sure

m05fastbackGT

As the saying goes " If you want to play, you gotta pay"

Caseydilbeck78

Caseydilbeck78

Hey guys I got a question....I just had my header gaskets replaced by Carolina speedworks in salisbury NC "incase you want to look them up" they are a mustang shop and they do good work but now I still have a exhaust leak right beside the first bottom bolt on the passenger side .. what could cause this? They told me to bring my car back tomorrow but the guys at the shop don't understand why it's still leaking.... but anyways my question is could my headers be bad or could it be clogged up or something.... here is a picture of where it's leaking.... you can see the black place beside the bottom bolt there and that's where the leak is....

Jaryd21

Your header may have a pin hole in it I have seen it on occasions but not a usual thing that you see have them check that also. I mean you know the gasket should be good as long as it didnt get messed up during installation.

Caseydilbeck78

The gasket looks kinda bent in that spot where the black spot is... right there in that corner....I think it might have got bent during installation but not sure.... they are going to check it out and fix it

Caseydilbeck78

You can tell the gasket is not flat against the head in that area like the rest of the gasket and that's why it's turning black from the exhaust coming out right there....I got under it while the car was running and held my finger there and could feel air coming out from under the gasket, but they are new and shouldn't be doing that

houtex

Headers are warped, not flat planed against the head.

Gasket is messed up.

Bolts aren't tight, or something's preventing the bolt from fully seating and tightening. (They look very nice though! )

Head is warped, causing the header to not sit flat, as it's not a flat plane for the header surface.

Might need to double gasket, this sometimes fixes it. No more than that though.

Really that's it, beyond material's missing and causing the leak.

Jaryd21

could be warped like houtex said. Didnt think of that.

Caseydilbeck78

God I hope not....