will some tin foil help me seal up these type of clamps?
I have pacesetters and ORY with these clamps at every connection and each one of them has a small leak showing. My understanding was when you cranked them down, they stretched around the pipe for a very tight seal, so if I loosen them up will they tighten back up after?
any other suggestions?
Let me tell you what Melba Toast is packing here allright............
Mine leak too.
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i use those all the time hit them with an Inpact gun, majority of time fixes the leak
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Ha. I bet some high temp JB weld would fix it. Dont know if you wanna do that though
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just carry them and have them welded like i do...
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take the band off, spread a thin layer of high temp ultra-copper silicone around both pipes and then re-install the clamps. Let them setup overnight before starting the truck.
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Can you hear the leak? I would guess not, they don't look to be leaking enough to make noise, but you never know.
You'll see that black stuff even on stock exahust, which is sealed up real nice.
Try to tighten them some more, the band will stretch and we've never broken a bolt.
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they all seem to be seated all the way down and I cant hand tighten them anymore, but I will hit em with an impact this weekend.
Allen, with the extra mechanical noise (small ticking ) from motor area from the headers, its hard to say,with my novice ears its hard to tell if its a leak or just normal noisees but yeah, it just kinda sounds crappy. And around some of the connections if you hold your hand close you can feel little puffs of air.
Will try all suggestions and let yall know, thanks guys
Last edited by 05z71; 12-31-2008 at 04:12 PM.
Let me tell you what Melba Toast is packing here allright............
Headers tick without leaking. I'm with Allen, even factory joints have soot like this without leaks.
It's probably the headers ticking...Pacesetter's are known for doing that...
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