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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 12:02 PM
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Default Exhaust leaks?

So i put on the trouble makers, (THE PICS ARE COMING, gotta get the camera out of the girls car.) I think i did it all right.....yeah i was suprised too. how do i check for exhaust leaks? I do not think i have any, just want to check.



Intake will go on next week
 
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 12:47 PM
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You will usually hear an exhaust leak if you get up close to the jug. I hope you removed (dug out) the old gasket and installed a new one at the pipe connection to the jug.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 01:11 PM
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Yep. I did. I think i am all good. at first i could not find the old gasket, then i was cleaning out the Exhaust port, and walla there it was, dug them out and put new ones in.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 01:50 PM
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If you put in new gaskets and torqued the nuts at the head evenly and to the proper torque then you will be fine

 
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 03:50 PM
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Sounds like you did ok. Like cHarley said, if the exhaust sounds good it should be good.
 
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