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Grendel wrote:Well it turns out the Mongoose down pipe to the Manifold is leaking AGAIN.Yet the bolts are tight so looks like Ill have to replace the gasket/ring thing yet again.
Only changed them a year ago.
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kaiowas wrote:Might be worth using new studs/nuts as well.I had a problem for ages where the exhaust would burn the gaskets out and start blowing no matter how tightly I did the nuts up.
I eventually worked out that the threads on the studs had rusted to the point that although the nuts felt tight they weren't actually clamping the exhaust together properly.