I have all the blockoff plates on and tightened. I have a question concerning the block off plate on the longtube that would connect to the EGR tube. There is a gasket that came with my Pacesetter headers that I had on there and the bolt on the blockoff plate came loose and burned the gasket up pretty bad.

What I'm wondering is if I can run the blockoff plate on the longtube without a gasket and it will seal fine or if I will need a new gasket. Where could I find a gasket like that?

 

I would use a gasket on it. Exhaust leaks aren't fun, especially one before the O2 sensor.

 

I suppose you wouldn't know where I could find such a small gasket? It came with the longtubes.

 

You can go to any parts store and buy a sheet of gasket material and make your own, or use RTV.

 

What would you do, make your own or use RTV? Which would seal better in your opinion?

 

Since I have like 90 tubes of RTV in my toolbox, RTV.

 

It almost definitely won't seal up right without a gasket of some kind. Some high temp RTV should work just fine.

Bahahaha, same here dude. Seems like I can never find one when I need it and end up getting another one to add to the collection.

 

copper ultra, I've used it as header gaskets before

 

That must be a freaking mess.

 

No, I didnt use it on a firebird or an LT, I used it on a free truck, and free rusty headers.

 

Makes a little more sense but still sounds like a mess and a half.