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oOSparkyOo

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Hello everyone i recently got a new exhaust system put in and now i hear this sound like air escaping under load i know it has to be something to do with there not being a gasket anyone have a suggestion ?? if this sounds wrong i assume there's no gasket cause a gut at autobahn told me they don't come with gaskets its metal on metal ???? hmmm any help would be nice this soudns makes my exhaust sounds bad
 

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hey mate was it a full system, eg headers to tip or just a cat back? Did you install it or did someone else install it?
 

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machanic installed from headers down but sounds like air escaping when u accelerate
 

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head flange gaskets or the join under the car to the Y-pipe from the extractors.they come out with no head flange gaskets but its best to install them when you put extractors on
 

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Go back to the mechanic and tell him to fix it.
 

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for the head flange gasket is there any available for my model or similar model to the 3.8 or is it custom to the extractors
 

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yeah repco etc sell them bought some on the weekend VN-VR V6 exhaust manifold gaskets think they were $16 for the pair.
 

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thank you ill try them i went to sprint and autobarn and they said vr dont have gaskets hmmmm
 

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bullshit i got mine from autobarn about a week before xmas

oh and if it sounds like escaping air it's not a header flange, they make ya car sound like a diesel with a fcked lifter
it'll be extractor to cat or extractor y-pipe flange
 

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if i am to change the gaskets over on the head flange do i need tot take off the valve covers because of the brake booster for abs ?
 
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