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G'day just got some pacemaker headers for my V6 VR, they didn't come for gaskets where the headers meet the engine itself. Should I buy a gasket to fit in there? If not is there anything I should between the 2 meeting faces?
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Yeah ended up using them. Just odd the standard manifolds had no gaskets and never leaked. |
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Hi Guys.
Most factory cast iron V8 exhaust manifolds do not need or use any gaskets. It has been this way for years on Holden, Ford & Chev etc. The cast iron manifold has a face that's milled flat & mates very well to the side of the head.
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I always use a film of Maniseal between the metal faces, and as Terry says use a gasket with extractors. |
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I've used copper silastic for years on extractors. If you use klingerite type gaskets the get hard and brittle and eventually blow a piece out and start leaking. Some of my heads have been ported and don't leave much material for gaskets anyway.
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