Date:         Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:57:37 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
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From:         Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: headers are headed south (TIICO)
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>My headers are going.  Where the pipe attaches to the 'manifold' part,
>it has separated at the weld and is leaking.  Apparently, the pipe overlaps
>the manifold a bit, and the pipe is quiet until I hit the gas.  Then the
>resulting pressure pushes it out and causes a good racket.

My current '99 Honda CR-V uses a clamp to connect the manifold to the
exhaust via a spring loaded clamp. My previous Accord used a flexible
stainless steel wire mess to accomplish the same job.

Sounds like your engine is moving around and flexing the pipe. Is the whole
exhaust fastened tot he engine or some to the frame?


Chris M. <"Busbodger" of "TEAM SLOWPOKE">
Cookeville, Tennessee

ICQ# 5944649
scm9985@tntech.edu

'78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power)
'65 Beetle - Type IV powered
'99 CR-V AWD station wagon
'81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle
2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion