REFLECTOR: Franklin, exhaust leaks and gaskets
Brian Michalk
michalk at awpi.com
Sun Oct 16 13:19:13 CDT 2005
wurzel at alumni.caltech.edu wrote:
> Continuing the Annual, the IA noticed soot on the inside of my
> cowl and suggested the exhaust was leaking. So, we pulled
> both exhaust stacks off all the way up at the cylinders.
>
> The question is, is there supposed to be a gasket where
> the short exhaust header meets the cylinder?
Hmm, maybe someone made those headers to mate to the cylinder, like the
intake manifold?
I've always seen a short riser tube pressed into the cylinder, and two
small clamps that hold it in place.
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