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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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ok guys id say ive had these hearders about a year and a half... now before i go any further im am not making this post to bash or attempt to hurt there sells! what i am doing this for is looking to see if anyone else has had this problem ever i would have never thought this would have happened ever until i poped the hood to change the gasket today! the passanger side of the 2000 camaro ls motor is what i am working on the 2nd or 3rd primary where the egr used to mount the stew coming off the header has complety blown off and there is a quarter sized hole there! has anyone else experienced this just trying to find out what to do? will deff be calling pacesetter monday to speak with someone and hopefully they will help me 100% which i feel they will due to it being a weld blowing out that shouldnt imo... anyones input is helpful lets hear it thanks guys! am trying to post pics but not working will continue trying
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 05:14 PM
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Happens all the time on various brands of headers - not just Pacesetters. There are many threads about it. Just weld up the hole and get rid of your EGR and AIR.
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 05:19 PM
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never heard of the problem and not trying to be a smart *** but just dumb but how do you weld a quarter sized hole?
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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Put a patch over it and weld the patch to the header tube.
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I've seen a few cases of this, hoping it doesn't happen to me down the road.
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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Wow!!!???
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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We've welded probly 20 of those.Can do it while it's on the car. We have a habit of only ordering race style headers so there are no fittings.
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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We've welded probly 20 of those.Can do it while it's on the car. We have a habit of only ordering race style headers so there are no fittings.
wish i would have i have no real welding abilty so idk what im going to do! well guess ill call monday and see what they tell me
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Dont feel like you made a bad choice on headers. They will all do that. I have seen Pacesetter, Hooker, Jet Hot, and Flowtech do it.

I am currently running some of the stainless ebay headers and Im waiting to hear the machine gun start firing under the hood
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 11:55 PM
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i have seen this before on here plenty of times.
i have had mine for about 4-5 months and mine have braceing around the air and egr tubes that i havent seen on any others so maybe its a new thing they started?
just weld up the hole.
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 09:05 AM
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I had it happen on both sets of PSs I've had. Either get the race header or weld a patch over it with a piece of stainless steel and it won't rust. I did the stainless patch about a year ago and no rust or problems since.
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I have a set of Pacesetters that were the very first batch they sold. My AIR and EGR tubes are still solid. I've had a couple of friends who lost the AIR tubes on their Kooks.
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 10:00 AM
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It happened on mine as well, I just had the hole welded shut and it's been good ever since
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thats what im going to have done tomoroow just a heads up i spoke with pacesetter and they said that if it happens in less then a year they will replace them and you just keep the old headers
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 03:52 PM
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Can somone post a picture of exactly what to weld up? Which one is the front 02?
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Originally Posted by Black35thz28
Can somone post a picture of exactly what to weld up? Which one is the front 02?
no the 3rd primary tube off the header you can see the hole in the pic i attached click it... the guy fixing is is going to grind the hole out to a almost perfect circle put a patch in shape it to the curve of the header and tig it in place
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Just happened to me on my drivers side the other day. I had the EGR version but with blockoffs so that could have contributed. Going to have it welded this week. Lasted me 3+ years of abuse.
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 10:38 PM
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So why is there a blockoff on the front hole in the picture isnt that the fron 02 bung? And is the hole were the egr also the hole that the air is im still confused?

Here is what I have and they will go on shortly I need front o2s and I would like to eliminate egr and Air from these headers what needs to be cut and welded shut?
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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the front 02 bung is in the collector. the front hole is for the AIR fitting. screw emission headers all together and just buy race ones.
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Originally Posted by ryan00z28camaro
ok guys id say ive had these hearders about a year and a half... now before i go any further im am not making this post to bash or attempt to hurt there sells! what i am doing this for is looking to see if anyone else has had this problem ever i would have never thought this would have happened ever until i poped the hood to change the gasket today! the passanger side of the 2000 camaro ls motor is what i am working on the 2nd or 3rd primary where the egr used to mount the stew coming off the header has complety blown off and there is a quarter sized hole there! has anyone else experienced this just trying to find out what to do? will deff be calling pacesetter monday to speak with someone and hopefully they will help me 100% which i feel they will due to it being a weld blowing out that shouldnt imo... anyones input is helpful lets hear it thanks guys! am trying to post pics but not working will continue trying
Did you speak with Pacesetter about this? If so, what did they have to say.

This is the second thread in just a couple days with the same topic, and within each thread there are so many people saying, "Hey that happened to me too."
What kinda bullshit is this? I can't believe these headers are doing this. If this happens to mine you better believe the manufacturer will hear about it. This is obviously an issue that needs attention.
If you haven't contacted Pacesetter, PLEASE do and tell them this is a very common problem that apparently needs dealt with.
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