Did you use any liquid wrench or any type of lubricating spray to assist in removing the studs? That might be burning off. When I did mine I painted my manifolds with a high temp paint. That lasted about 2 seconds as I watched the paint burn away. If you painted them, that will produce smoke as well. -----Original Message----- From: motarhedd@xxxxxxx [mailto:motarhedd@xxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:55 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] Smoking Manifolds Hey all, i've been working on replacing the manifold gaskets on the car for the last week now, seems like one big problem after another. first the passenger side had a stripped stud, and a broken stud. got the stripped stud out with a brand new pair of vise-grips, then the hole was stripped out after the effort. tapped new threads and engineered a bracket to use the other holes in the block. So now the the new stainless steel gaskets are on and the manifold to crossover pipe has a "paper?" gasket. Both sides now smoke, lots of smoke, like they are burning something, it doesnt smell like exhaust or grease. i wonder if i should have put some permatex on either of the gaskets? or are the manifolds burning the greasy residue off of them? To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/