Exhaust Leaks, Paste?

Eric Waterman eric.waterman at gmail.com
Thu May 14 09:55:50 CDT 2009


I've used that exhaust paste before.  It's not a silicon based product like
RTV.  I want to say it's called exhaust cement.

Eric Waterman

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM, <wc701lists at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Jon Pennington wrote:
> > My G20 has a persistent leak that forms somewhere around the Hot Shot
> > g4 header, original cat, and a VRS stainless exhaust.  The last time I
> > had it looked at, a greasemonkey heated the studs with a torch,
>
> Like Omer said....  the high-temp copper (colored) silicone works
> wonders on problematic exhaust mating surfaces.  Use it with a gasket;
> or two gaskets if the alignment is poor.  Squishable gaskets help
> compensate for flanges out of square, etc.  Cat' converter heat might be
> a little much for it but it still helps.  Also, be sure to use metal
> gaskets on the cat' not cardboardy ones.
>
> -Wayne
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