How do you think this happened?
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How do you think this happened? Long story short, These are some Hookers that are pretty old. I noticed a weird sound coming from under my hood so I checked, and fire was shooting out towards my motor. I took off the Headers and here's what I saw. How in the hell do you think this happened?
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Holes in header primaries are usually caused by emissions fittings that fatigue and fall off...if there was an emission fitting there (AIR or EGR), then that's what caused it. Otherwise, I have no idea.
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might of been to lean
also could of been a weak spot in the metal and just over time after the pipes heating up and cooling off probably had a lot of wear on that one spot and it prob started as a little hole but as air passed through it got bigger
also could of been a weak spot in the metal and just over time after the pipes heating up and cooling off probably had a lot of wear on that one spot and it prob started as a little hole but as air passed through it got bigger
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When we tried pulling out the driver's side header, we cut off the collector at the end. As soon as the collector was off, one of the primaries actually completely fell off of the header. Lol
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From: Turnin' Wrenches Infractions: 005
This, that was the spot for the EGR tube most likely. Very common failure point.
Dude with all the heat lately around here I would bet it had something to do with it, My rotors warped recently because of all the heat with actually a chunk of metal came off when pulling them.
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Im going with the idea that the hooker emblem fell off and took some tubing with it due to the weld cracking along its outside edge.
Header companies usually label BOTH headers in a set, so i highly doubt an EGR port fell off and left a hooker tag sized hole
Header companies usually label BOTH headers in a set, so i highly doubt an EGR port fell off and left a hooker tag sized hole
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+1. This happened to my 11-year old Grotyohanns earlier this year. It cost $265 to have them cleaned up, the old emissions fittings closed off, had some welds strengthened, re-coated, and back on they went.
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From: Turnin' Wrenches Infractions: 005
Some of these answers in this thread are plain silly 
My air fitting was cracked (Hedman LTs) when I bought the car, then it started to open up further so I cut it off and welded a piece of sheet metal over the hole. Never had another problem out of those headers after that.
My air fitting was cracked (Hedman LTs) when I bought the car, then it started to open up further so I cut it off and welded a piece of sheet metal over the hole. Never had another problem out of those headers after that.
