Re: [DML] exhaust manifold gaskets

["D F" <funkstuf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This will be interesting to track.  when I first got my auto it had been 
sitting for quite some time and once I did the fuel system and started it 
the first thing I noticed was the exhaust gasket.
that was about (3,000 miles ago)  I also had the exhaust manifold milled, it 
was amazing how bad it was.  I had assumed that sitting around for an 
extended period may have facilitated the corrosion just due to a lot of 
condensation, and the differing metals.
Dale Funk
4984


>From: Martin Gutkowski - DMUK Ltd <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: [DML] exhaust manifold gaskets
>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:45:04 +0100
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>Whenever we do a manifold gasket set, we take the manifolds to a machine
>shop and have the faces run through a milling machine. He has had to
>take as much as half a millimetre off one to make it uniformly flat.
>There's a lot of variation, and it's not down to heat but the poor
>original casting. We haven't been going long enough to see the longevity
>of one of our jobs but over the weekend I saw a car on which we did the
>job a year ago and it has the sweetest exhaust note now, having done
>several thousand miles in between. The trip to the machine shop is also
>useful for removing any snapped off studs.
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>We use the individual gaskets and replace all hardware at the same time.
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>Martin
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>kevin creason wrote:
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>  >How long do the exhaust manifold gaskets last? Low,
>  >high, average? Any ideas?
>  >I replaced all mine 2.75 years ago, and I can hear a
>  >little "beetling" on initial acceleration. It's not
>  >bad yet, as you can't hear it standing out back
>  >working the throttle spool, and a fellow car-nut
>  >(mustang) passenger couldn't hear it all. But it is
>  >enough to that I can hear it and I don't like it.
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>  >And why do the Delo's have this problem? Is it the
>  >aluminum engine and the cast iron exhaust manifolds?
>  >I saw on someone's site that there are stainless-steel
>  >gaskets. Will those work any better? Will stainless
>  >steel manifolds work better?
>  >-Kevin
>  >#4687
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