Mounting bracket off the transmission bell housing to engine back plate that
clamps
the exhaust pipe is in place, but this is the reason for the exhaust leak.
Every
time I bottom out like on the speed bumps in my housing tract, that is exactly
where the contact with the ground is. This has bent the funnel shape of the
exhaust pipe out of shape and I guess you never quite get it back into the same
perfect sealing shape it was in.
Mike MacLean Supercharged Now Leaking Oil and Exhaust 60 Sprite
"Peter C." wrote:
> At 11:57 PM 8/22/2001, Paul A. Asgeirsson wrote:
> > > Hi Mike,
> > >
> > > With the exhaust pipe against the manifold, when you fit up a new
> > clamp, all
> > > mating surfaces of pipe, manifold and the clamp should be oiled with
> > motor oil.
> > > When you tighten the clamp, you want it to slip on the pipe so it
> > doesn't pinch
> > > the pipe and leave little pucker areas on each side of the clamp so
>exhaust
> > > sneaks past.
> ==============
> If I may add, if you do not have the front pipe tightly affixed to the
> mount at the bell housing bolts, no amount of clamp tightening will help.
> The manifold clamp shouldn't be supporting any weight or inhibiting
> movement. The exhaust system is meant to be clamped to the engine and
> tranny, and to the body at the rear wheel well and trunk. Many cars are
> missing or have poorly improvised mounts at the tranny.
> BTDT Peter C
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