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Found the leak in the exhaust!!!!!

lil_dq

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On the base of the header on the #8 cylinder....'smiliedoh'
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F 150Cobra

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wow that sucks
 

LEB Ben

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Ouch...that's pretty brutal. Gonna get it welded up...or time for new headers????
 

lil_dq

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wow that sucks

Yeah I knew it was leaking, but I didn't think it was that bad...

Ouch...that's pretty brutal. Gonna get it welded up...or time for new headers????

I am gonna try and weld it since they are only a year old.

That sucks. Looks like new headers are in Order. You could braze it up but with that big of a crack new is better.

Yeah I'm hoping I can get away with welding.

ouch man. at least you found the leak

I hope the truck isn't down for long...
 

5.0

FTF'er
What do you think caused it?

I kept breaking an exhaust pipe when I had a bad motor mount, but that may be different than just a single cylinder pipe.
 

lil_dq

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I have no idea. I wish I could say...maybe cheap pipe?
 

lil_dq

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Yeah I hope I can weld them tomorrow. These pipes are only a little over a year old....
 

lil_dq

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Welp got her welded up and put it back in. Took a gamble on the existing copper/carbon fiber gaskets, and it paid off! THe truck sounds awesome again!
 

LEB Ben

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Glad to hear you got everything fixed up Doc.
 

lil_dq

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And we HAD to take it today to STL, you know just to make sure everything was ok!
 

flareside_thunder

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glad you got it fixed...mine just keeps blowing out the #4 cylinders on the cheapo paper gaskets.I'm springin for the aluminum ones this next time.....that's gonna hurt.
 

lil_dq

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I dunno if you can get the ones I have but they are VERY nice! I think I paid like $40 for them....
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