Exhaust Leak

[carmangary]

I didn't use any gaskets when I redid my heads. Just used a thin smear of copper RTV. That's what an engine rebuilder told me to do and I have been happy so far.

 

[Bonnewagon]

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=2185288 I can't get the image to copy but this link has a picture and the specs. Yeah, looks like 2.1" inside.

 

[v2vera]

How exactly did you use the copper RTV? Ive heard of people doing that but no clue as how to apply.

 

[v2vera]

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=2185288 I can't get the image to copy but this link has a picture and the specs. Yeah, looks like 2.1" inside.

I just got home and checked the one I had ordered the first time from Rock Auto and it is the same one. I just measured the inside diameter and it is 2.5 not 2.1 I wonder if they just sent me the wrong one. I bought another from Autozone because I didnt want to go home and pick up the one i already had. My buddies house is close to work.. either way both are 2.5 ..Im going to try the copper rtv or my buddy was saying something about gasket material I think he wanted to rig up his own gasket,

 

[tc1959]

here is a pic of the gasket they gave me.. its 2.5 in the center..is that to big? or am I doing something wrong?

That's what it takes, but that looks a little big. Sometimes the packing blows out and the tin ring gets stuck in the manifold