There was no leak or tick at the manifold gasket when replaced. Both had a good seal. I swapped cuz a local toyota pick n pull had some slightly better ones up for grabs.
Hi folks,
I replaced my y-pipe/cat with a California spec magnaflow. I also swapped my exhaust manifolds and gaskets.
The old manifolds seem to be pretty solid, so I figured I would toss them up here. Sold for $50 a piece. The cat is definitely in used conditions (213K on my cruiser) and I had...
@bigredmachine thanks you are totally right. The color match between the antisieze and the bracket had me convinced it was melting, but after inspecting the melting point of most metal parts, this would be essentially impossible... dumb start to my forum use... sorry about that lol
Hi mud h8ers, I have a really stupid question. I am trying to close a leak in my exhaust system at the flange where the catalytic converter meets the muffler. Can the converter retainer on the exhaust system melt? My 1997 has a pretty rusty exhaust system, and I replaced the gasket, bolts, nuts...