saleen coupe

I keep having header gaskets going out on the passenger side and everytime i replace it when i go for a test drive and get on it there goes the gasket and it seems like its the #3 cylinder i have had 2 paper gaskets on there and 2 felproand no luck my recent mods are rebuilt 302 with trw forged pistons trick flowh/c/iand i know its not from header bolts backing out so what else do you think would cause this.

mattdel

a paper gasket...... for a header....

really? come on... stop pullin my leg...

PRO50SC

Maybe the header is warped. Take it off and run a straight edge across it.

saleen coupe

you mean take the header completely out of the car, that seem like it would bereally hardwith the long tubes.

stocksuspension

soak a paper gasket in water for an hour then install it wet, should cure it

CrazyCobraSpeed

yea its a bitch... a realyl big bitch... if u have a fox its not as bad as a sn95... but its not fun at all

saleen coupe

I've got the paper gaskets on the driver side and all i did was just put it on and have never had any trouble out of that side it always been that same side and seems like around that same cylinder so there has to be something going on with that side but i can't figure it out.

saleen coupe

i just talked to a guy that did some work on my car and he said that on one of the header tubes he couldn't get the wrench on the bolt so he dented the tube in some for wrench clearence, could this be my problem and how can i fix this also would copper gaskets blow out if i put them on.

Blckstng93

Just a simple dent? I dont see how. Unless he somehow managed to mangle the flange on the header in the process so the gasket is no longer flat. Is it by #3 that he dented it? Defective header from the factory maybe?

saleen coupe

the dent is on the #3 and its not a defect on the header because the headers was on the car when i bought it with no problems