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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 01:10 PM
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so im just driving my car when i start hearing this loud *** exhuast leak when i get home i notice on my passenger side pacesetter header the egr fitting had fell of like the welds just fucken broke so im stuck with a big quarter size hole in my header what to do what to do any ideas
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 01:52 PM
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Dont you have an '02? Those dont come with EGR. Take the header off and take it to shop and have them weld up the hole
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 02:18 PM
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kinda dont wanna take the header off really trying to avoid that
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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Heck, you may not even need to take the header off... My cheap *** heddman hedder did the same thing, and a buddy of mine just welded it right up for me in a couple of minutes. I just wouldn't drive around on it; you should probably get an exhaust repair kit that has aluminum tape and a strip of tin with a clamp to cover the hole, which will hold just long enough to get it to the nearest shop.
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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ok that giving me more ideas thanks guys man whats up with these fucken headers doing that **** i heard alot of ppl have the same problem
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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thin gauge metal, which also makes it hell to reweld too lol... Yeah it sucks, especially when you don't even need the egr provisions lol By the way, mine was on the driver side, i'm not sure how much room you have on the passenger side for someone to wield the welder. But i'm thinking you'll be ok.
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 10:18 PM
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Weld a quarter
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 10:51 PM
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Same thing happen on my old SS. This time I had the emmisions fittings cut and welded shut before I installed them.
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well i guess what i didnt wanna do ima have to do im just gonna remove the header and weld both fittings shut.




might as well do my motor mounts while im at it what do you guys think should i go stock mounts or poly
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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well i guess what i didnt wanna do ima have to do im just gonna remove the header and weld both fittings shut.




might as well do my motor mounts while im at it what do you guys think should i go stock mounts or poly
I would go with stock mounts. Unless you don't mind more engine vibration from the poly's
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Get poly's and be done with it. I really don't know where this whole poly's will vibrate like crazy thing came from...they don't. Hell I've even used solids before and didn't notice much difference.
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