Blew hole in header
Blew hole in header Well I went to a meet tonight to meet up with some friends that I hadn't seen in a while b/c of my car being down. Everything was fine going there got on it a couple times and it ran GREAT! Well on my way home I get on it on the on ramp of the highway and I heard a weird sound so I let off and it sounds like I have a HORRIBLE exaust leak. So I limp it up the next gas station I see and I pop the hood. I can't see anything wrong from the top so I get down on the bottom to look, nothing. So I start it back up and it's still making the noise, all of a sudden I see a blue flame shoot out of the header. YEP I put a HOLE in my HEADER. The tube that runs up from the first header where I have me EGR block off plate is barely attached to the header so I slightly pull it and it comes off and leaves about a 1 1/2 hole in my header. Well I didn't want to call a tow truck and all my buddies that have trailers weren't able to access them at the time so I said F--- it and drove it home very slowly trying to keep it at an RPM that I couldn't hear the leak sound.
Now what do you guys think I should do? Call Hooker and tell them what happened and see if they will replace them? Should I weld the piece back onto the header? Or should I just get a new set of headers?
Keep in mind these are coated headers.
Well hope everyone else is having better luck with their cars than me.
Now what do you guys think I should do? Call Hooker and tell them what happened and see if they will replace them? Should I weld the piece back onto the header? Or should I just get a new set of headers?
Keep in mind these are coated headers.
Well hope everyone else is having better luck with their cars than me.
All I did to mine was weld up the hole. Didnt look pretty, but I needed my car to get around and the pacesetter company was taking too long to get me a new one for the warranty. So I said screw it, took it off had it welded and has been running like that ever since this Jan. Didnt hurt anything.
This seems to be a common problem, no matter what brand of header. It happened to my Mac's too. I just welded the hole closed. You can't even tell it was there, except for the spot of missing coating.
Eric
Eric
My A.I.R. tube blew out or off of mine one day. Scared the **** out of me. I thought I had blown the motor. Bad part was that I was only driving it to work at the time. I just welded it up. Doesn't look pretty but works fine now. Later...oh yeh, mine are hooker's too.
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My Hooker LT's did the same thing. I bought them from JetHot and they rewelded the tube back on. I did have to remove them and ship them back though. Needless to say, they did not go back on. I ended up getting the QTP Race Headers and do not have to worry about the AIR/EGR tubes failing since they do not have any
