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    aggielr
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    header gasket

    what material header gasket should we use to help seal the best?

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    Fresh Cope, It Satisfies! StevenAg03's Avatar
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    the best seal would come from a copper gasket. However, these can become very expensive. If you want a good seal with a cardboard gasket you can soak it in some water and bolt the headers on while it is still wet.

    if the headers will seal or not will depend on what kind of headers you get. Are they going on your truck or the jeep?
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    i think the best type of header sealant would be some 6011

    don't put them on the Jeep, you'll hate it.
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    aggielr
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    they're on Nikki's blazer, they are already on there and have some cheap arse paper gasket, but they are leakin, i was just wonderin what ya'll had used, i think the copper ones is what i'm goin w/ since she still gets the discount

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    BigRedFord04
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    I used the copper gasket from HoReilly's and have only had to tighten my header bolts once about a week after I put 'em on...they ran about $80.

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    you have to tighten your header bolts once a week??? that sux

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    BigRedFord04
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    No, since i put them on I've only actually tightened them once and it was a week after I put them on. I've checked them since then and they havent been loose.

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    Old school badass Seth's Avatar
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    oh ok

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    i on the other hand cant seem to keep mine tight....i swear that i will never put another set of headers on another vehicle so long as i live....i cant even keep the damn collectors tight and each bolt is duoble nutted with lock nuts....
    Steven W
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