I would think so, but don't forget about the seal around the trunk. The
vacuum around the rear of the car can draw the exhaust up & a deck lid that
doesn't seal properly will allow the exhaust in.
That's my 1 cent...spent too much on parts to give 2
Todd
CD3705L
CD198L
>From: Mark Hooper <mhooper@pixelsystems.com>
>Reply-To: Mark Hooper <mhooper@pixelsystems.com>
>To: "'jay_welch@juno.com'" <jay_welch@juno.com>, trsix74@comcast.net
>CC: 6pack@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: Exhaust
>Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:58:08 -0500
>
>Wouldn't that imply you had an enormous leak? I mean if the car can run
>with
>the exhausts plugged with tennis balls, then something is seriously wrong.
>That sort of leak should be very visible.
>
>Mark Hooper
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jay_welch@juno.com [mailto:jay_welch@juno.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 7:36 AM
>To: trsix74@comcast.net
>Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Exhaust
>
>
>Hello Robert,
>
>With some assistance you can check for leaks by blocking the exhaust at
>the tailpipes. Ask someone to block both pipes with tennis balls while
>the car is running and you are listening at the joints.
>
>Good luck,
>Jay Welch, Abington MA
>1971 TR6 project
>1973 TR6 driver
>Member "Cape Cod British Car Club" @
>http://clubs.hemmings.com/capecodbritish/
>
>
> >I installed a sports Falcon muffler system on my TR6 this winter. I am
>experiencing a lot of fumes inside the cockpit. I have tightened the
>manifold to the head. I have tightened the flange of the first stage of
>pipes to the manifold. The areas where the pipes interlock have been
>crimped and the u-bolts are tightened. I cannot figure this one out. Any
>ideas? Its especially bad when the top is up.
>Robert L. Gannon
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