spoken like a true angry manOriginally Posted by guyhatesmycar
spoken like a true angry man
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
Apparently the heat wrap was a bad idea though...seemed like a decent idea at the timeWhat do you guys use to keep your power steering line from melting?
What power steering line? We don't need no stinking power steering lines. Power steering is for wimps.
Maybe wrap the steering line instead of the header?
Yeah, looks like rust to me. That wasn't the ceramic coated version was it? If for some reason the car is running rich it's possible an exhaust backfire could have blown it out if it was already in a weakened state.
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well i'm going to be running aeroquip PS line, so it's a lot more heat resistant then the factory, plus you can put firebraid over it. I also have a bracket to hold the line well above the exaust.What power steering line? We don't need no stinking power steering lines. Power steering is for wimps.
Maybe wrap the steering line instead of the header?
Yeah, looks like rust to me. That wasn't the ceramic coated version was it? If for some reason the car is running rich it's possible an exhaust backfire could have blown it out if it was already in a weakened state.
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Not the ceramic coated version. I just gave it a couple of good coats of that high temp ceramic containing paint, but I think the wrap just rubbed it all off after a year or two. I think if heat retention was the problem, the number 4 pipe wouldn't have exploded quite so dramatically. The 2 only has hairline cracks, the 3 is pretty severely cracked, but the 4 is nearly completely gone.
I think after all the input, it was probably running rich and the pipes had started to corrode because of the wrap. Then there was some sort of back fire and they exploded like little pipe bombs...
I'm pretty sure I'm just going to cut the thing up and use it on my new 87 accord. No point in wasting some perfectly good flanges.
Its this sort of sarcasm that always brings a smile to my face
The header must be pretty damn old for corrosion to eat it away.
Sam
1989 Accord LX: Sold with 208k-now somewhere around 230k with new owner
Current:
2014 Elantra Sport 6MT
2000 Montero Sport 4x4 (beater, trail rig)
Header has been on there for maybe 5 years now. It exploded a little over a year ago.
is this the wrong time to plug my sale lol
https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67767
had you been feeding the engine burittitos? I thought maby it was a big ass engine fart.
Lol
had you been feeding the engine burittitos? I thought maby it was a big ass engine fart.
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
the egr pipe welds broke off of mine, I have a beer can hose clamped to the header right now!
POS pacesetter
Their catback sucked too, I broke that in 1 or 2 years
Eric
3geez member since October 12, 2000
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