[T3] Exhaust leak right side heat exchanger pipe to Empi header?

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Fri Jul 20 04:10:07 PDT 2018


On 19 Jul 2018 at 19:06, William Jahn wrote:

> I thought of removing the header and sanding off the rust and using thin
> aluminum sheet cut to fit to build up that pipes OD then add the gasket
> maker to the pipe and aluminum as well as the mesh doughnut seal and then
> clamp it using the stock clamp. 

That will work, except rather than using the gasket maker, use muffler 
cement and work it and the alum well into the space between the HE pipe 
and the muffler tube. That will work better at these temps.

Yes, use the stock VW style clamp.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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