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Jan 21, 2012 | 07:23 PM

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This the reason??????

Smoke was coming from my exhaust manifolds on both sides, so i decided to pull the driver side manifold. Let me know if you think this could be the reason why?

Jan 21, 2012 | 07:32 PM

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No, I don't see anything odd there.
Not uncommon to see a gasket hanging into the gaspath like that; nothing that would cause smoke.

Jan 22, 2012 | 08:10 AM

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What kind of smoke? Nothing looks wrong with that gasket. In fact, it looks totally reusable.

Jan 22, 2012 | 08:18 AM

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Did you just install new headers? If so, they are going to smoke a little depending on what kind of coating they have. It will go away after a few cycles but for reference, my stainless headers had oil residue from the manufacturer which had to burn off. Just throwing that out there because the gasket looks good.

Jan 22, 2012 | 08:59 AM

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If you recently worked on you car and kept touching the headers they will smoke from that.

Jan 22, 2012 | 09:24 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by whytryz28

If you recently worked on you car and kept touching the headers they will smoke from that.

i agree, any oil or grease residue left on the header will heat up and burn off, did it have a smell to it?

Jan 22, 2012 | 09:28 AM

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Those gaskets look new, if you just worked on it an touched them or anything it will smoke for several minutes pretty bad until its all burnt off. usually 5-10 minutes depending whats on them