help please!! exhaust problems

abepenner10

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hey there. if your like me then you absolutely HATE those damn exhaust leaks. my car came with ractive header and ractive exhaust. 98 coupe btw. its leaking and sounds like s**t. anyways turns out its the equalizer piece that needs replacing and possible the rest of it back. but the equALIZER TUBE IS from the ractive header so how can i get a new one of them or what do i do? anways have any words of advice or help because this sucks
 

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what is an equalizer piece?
 


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ok, where exactly is the leak at?
 


abepenner10

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its between the cat and that tube. ive had to cut that tube and weld it twice but i want it fixed for good
 

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so, 3 possiblities here.

1gasket problem

2hole problem

3crack problem.


Solutions
1. make sure gaskets are usable and mating pieces have been bolted together correctly

2. weld shut

3. weld shut
 

abepenner10

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ok but the hole is in my equalizer tube which came with the header. so i cant just go buy a new piece
 

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You can contact the manufacture of your header and ask them to sell you just the equalizer portion of it. If that's not possible you'll have to weld shut the whole if you still want to use that header.
 

abepenner10

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ya i cant contact them which sucks. and i want to fix it without welding and without a whole new header but its not looking good
 

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ok. the problem is the whole which is where the leak is coming from. some way or another that whole has to be closed. You can try using JBweld. do you know what is is?

you can search ebay. maybe someone out there is selling the equalizer for the specific header?
 

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No problem man. Good luck!
 

Finnish~Racer

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you may have to if its unweldable. if its a two-piece like i'm assuming it is, then you should be able to find it on ebay, craigs, honda-tech.....
start searching.

you could also just replace the entire header, and sell the old one to partially recoup some of the financial losses.
 

abepenner10

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thanks. ive been looking but so far no luck in finding that piece yet. and cant really afford a new ome right now so its tough
 


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