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replacing the thermostat housing gasget as its leaking(couple drops here and there) which was my own fault for not replacing the gasget when i had the housing off the side of the head \
i knew that because the engine had been sitting a while in my old car that the water would go dirty after i had been driving the car so i only hve been running water in it, and damn ive changed it 3 times now and it still has discolouration to it,also put some tectaloy flush stuff in it and drove it to supercheap and back and its came out slightly discoloured, its not a blown head gasget just rusty water
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made a gasget from some acl gasget sheet i found at supercheap it says "oil jointing" but it was really thick and not like paper so i figured it would do the job and it is holding the coolant in so far,
waiting for a reply so i know when i can go out and pick up my extractors so ill need a new head to extractor gasget, does the extractors take the standard gasget or a spesific gasget?
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i just use rtv silicon sealent for the thermostat and the like. Works great.
Do you have the standard metal shim exhaust gasket? Regardless, yes they will all work.
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{USERNAME} wrote: i just use rtv silicon sealent for the thermostat and the like. Works great. Do you have the standard metal shim exhaust gasket? Regardless, yes they will all work. my guess is it will be the standard exhaust gasget on it,
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Will be fine.
I have never replaced the exhaust manifold gasket. On and off for 3 years with different headers and shes all good. Just watch your fingers around them, the steel gaskets like to steal skin and blood off you!
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{USERNAME} wrote: Will be fine. I have never replaced the exhaust manifold gasket. On and off for 3 years with different headers and shes all good. Just watch your fingers around them, the steel gaskets like to steal skin and blood off you! so thats those really thin sheets? i pulled them off my other motor when i took the manifold off they are laying around somewhere so ill just use them if it doesnt have them on this engine i have but im quite sure it will as it doesnt seem to ever have been opened
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also manual and trying to eat an icecream = fail
i always used to pick up a drumstick from the servo on my way to pick up the mrs from work every arvo but now it will be too hard to steer, eat and change gears
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Age: 44 Posts: 683 Joined: 4th Mar 2010 Ride: BF Fairmont Ghia & TS Magna Location: central coast |
{USERNAME} wrote: also manual and trying to eat an icecream = fail i always used to pick up a drumstick from the servo on my way to pick up the mrs from work every arvo but now it will be too hard to steer, eat and change gears LOL, get one on the way home and make your mrs to change the gears for you |
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{USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: also manual and trying to eat an icecream = fail i always used to pick up a drumstick from the servo on my way to pick up the mrs from work every arvo but now it will be too hard to steer, eat and change gears LOL, get one on the way home and make your mrs to change the gears for you nah i like my t5 in one piece haha, shes only driven a car once it was my old white ef and she left the hand brake on altho that is a good idea
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went and picked up my headers tonite, they are lukey with a direct bolt on high flow red back cat, will fit them tommorrow if this weather stays away, will a picture later
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genies?
they look the same as the ones my mate has in his el |
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{USERNAME} wrote: genies? they look the same as the ones my mate has in his el lukey, but probably made in the same place anyway,
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fair enoughs, he's got the same system as my brothers wagon but his doesn't sound much louder than stock
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ive been wondering if my cars going to be really loud with these suckers installed as i only have one muffler, its louder on this car than it was on my auto, has a slight back fire on a down shift, so im thinking thats going to be louder, may just add 1 high flow muffler to take a little of the sound out, dont mind if it isnt very loud anyway
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