leaking exhaust manifold gasket

[w261w261]

This is actually for another car of mine, a V6 Volvo. It's old and not worth very much, and has a leaky exhaust manifold gasket. The problem is, it's an
'85, and the probability of busting off a stud is pretty high, I think. If that happens, the clearance is really bad, and we might not be able to get enough to put in a new stud. Of course, once you start you're committed. Also, the noise is getting pretty bad.

I was wondering if anyone has ever had luck with taking a wedge of metal, and maybe hammering it into the place where the gasket has failed. Might not work completely, but maybe it would knock it back some.

[shepherd79]

are you sure it is a gasket and not something else?

[Kabuki]

Yeah. Like a broken stud? :)

[MessyHonda]

i say spray that thing down with pb blaster or liquid wrench a week b4 you take it off. the cheap way would be to try to put some jbweld around the leak and hope it stops it.

[w261w261]

You think JB Weld will stand up to the high temp of the manifold?

[MessyHonda]

You think JB Weld will stand up to the high temp of the manifold?

it might for a while...my friend had a whole in his downpipe..so he patched it up with jbweld...i asked him and he was like Jbweld is some tuff shit.....so i did not question him again...lol