[Healeys] Exhaust Problems

[Bob Spidell]

Not mine, the car's ;)

I'm blowing out exhaust flange gaskets every 2-3K miles or so.  I've 
tried two
types of gaskets--copper- and steel-faced--which didn't make much of a 
difference.

On my recent cross-country I had one blow out; fortunately, I was able 
to tighten
the studs and seal up the leak.  But, I had to tighten the stud nuts 
every day as they
would work loose over 300 miles or so of driving.

Anyone else having this problem?  In Moss' latest catalog they've 
indicated they've
sent NOS downpipe specs to their manufacturer, which tells me there may be a
problem with the pipe construction.  I also don't remember having this 
problem
with the previous set of pipes I had in the car.


bs

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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell at comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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