# exhaust manifold gasket **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 13, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976 "2008-03-13T16:29:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976/1 "2008-03-13T16:29:07Z")
i just got finished installing my turbo manifold on the head which was shaved and surfaced and everything was torqued down properly in the correct order but on the outskirts of the manifold you can see specs of light, is day 1/32 of an inch worth of visibility that the gasket and header dont seem to be touching, when the car first runs will the gasket expand and fill this up? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976/2 "2008-03-13T16:47:58Z")
I really doubt the gasket will expand. Sounds like something is warped. ---
**Author:** ![d3x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@d3x](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d3x)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976/3 "2008-03-13T16:52:06Z")
your manifold have a beard? what you use to shave it…a mach3? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976/4 "2008-03-13T17:09:28Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I really doubt the gasket will expand. Sounds like something is warped. x2im gona remove it and bring it to my engine guy 2mrrw o well atleast i caught it earli ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976/5 "2008-03-13T17:50:11Z")
mystery solved shits warped on the outside of the manifold, a quick shave will do me well would anyone advise to also buy a new gasket? the one on there now looks fine ---
**Author:** ![psychopjv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psychopjv/32/7251_2.png) [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976/6 "2008-03-13T18:00:38Z")
the gasket not having been ran (read:heated up), it should be fine. But with it being warped and torqued down it could have been pressure pointed. What kind of gasket are we talking here? MLS? paper? ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976/7 "2008-03-13T18:16:04Z")
wutever felpro is i dont wanna gues cause i dont exactly know, but its gray if that helps, if i did guess id say mls ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976/8 "2008-03-13T18:19:25Z")
[http://www.autozone.com/R,APP713314/vehicleId,2141001/initialAction,partProductDetail/store,2903/partType,00548/shopping/partProductDetail.htm](http://www.autozone.com/R,APP713314/vehicleId,2141001/initialAction,partProductDetail/store,2903/partType,00548/shopping/partProductDetail.htm) exact one ---
**Author:** ![psychopjv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psychopjv/32/7251_2.png) [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976/9 "2008-03-13T19:30:15Z")
looks like a graphite type there. MLS is multi layered steel. i mean for $5 i’d rock a new one out because taking headers off sucks. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976/10 "2008-03-13T19:38:30Z")
x2 thats what i plan on, well i at least know my headgasket is MLS ---
**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/44976/11 "2008-03-22T07:01:17Z")
You don’t need an MLS exhaust mani gasket. The SRT is a crush style, and I even re-used mine for 2 different turbo manifolds and it never leaked.