Exhaust leak

spc2125 · 07-31-2011, 01:30 PM

I installed headers yesterday and where the headers meet the down piping was smoke coming out around it. that was yesterday but today i started her up and didnt see smoke i just saw like the heat waves you see above a grill. Is the waves normal or do i have a leak?

Thanks

MMGT1 · 07-31-2011, 02:14 PM

Easiest way to check is to get your hand around it. Not on it, just close to it. If its leaking you'll know. May just have been a coating on the header that you saw burn off.

sleepyalero · 07-31-2011, 04:39 PM

Yeah i put headers on mine too. The smoke is just the header coating or whatever burning off. Mine smoked for about 30 mins i think. Then went away. But i can still smell the headers. So the smoke is fine. Start it up once the motor is cold and hold your hand around everything and see if you feel air.

heineck · 07-31-2011, 05:31 PM

is it really loud? like tractor loud?

spc2125 · 07-31-2011, 05:57 PM

no not tractor loud....maybe. idk

spc2125 · 07-31-2011, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sleepyalero

Yeah i put headers on mine too. The smoke is just the header coating or whatever burning off. Mine smoked for about 30 mins i think. Then went away. But i can still smell the headers. So the smoke is fine. Start it up once the motor is cold and hold your hand around everything and see if you feel air.

thankss thats very reassuring.
much appreciated

a.graham52 · 07-31-2011, 07:02 PM

ok i want to see a video of you doing a drive by. right now it just sounds ricy imo. lets hear that engine under load.

spc2125 · 07-31-2011, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a.graham52

ok i want to see a video of you doing a drive by. right now it just sounds ricy imo. lets hear that engine under load.

i agree about it sounding ricey. i was kind of dissapointed to be honest. But its what i got and i love the way it sounds cruising around 2k rpm. Work is tight because im working on buying rims but I will try and get a drive by within the next few days.