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Old 08-23-2004, 08:54 PM
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I got a new set of Mac headers put on last week. I had been having collector leaks before. The new passenger side header is now rattling. I did some searching tonight and found it's the EGR tube that's banging against one of the primaries at idle. Anyone experience this before? I tried getting a breaker bar in there to bend it up away from the primary but can't move it far enough to actually *bend* the tube.
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I run a small piece of strapping between the header bolt and the EGR tube bolt. That keeps it steady. If it moves enough, I've seen them break off.
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Do you have any pics or instructions for this? Having a hard time picturing it. I'm not sure I want to bend it. That may actually break something too.




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