so i been running around with an exhaust leak for about a month now and its really getting old .. its on the right side and i thinks ite the gasket between the exahust manafold and the header.. is this a hard fix? should i jsut take it to a dealer? how much you think it would cause for a dealer to do it!?!

 

do a search on "broken manifold studs" youll get tons of info.

 

There isn't a gasket between the manfold and the down pipes. As suggested, look for the broken stud threads, and you'll find a lot of info.

I had both broken studs on the manifolds to heads, and also the studs to the pipes were rusted completely away on both sides. I replaces the manifolds, studs, O2 snsors, and all is better now. The broken studs were removed by double nutting them. There is just enough left to get a good bite on the second nut. New manifolds were worth it, as opposed to drilling and tapping out the old rusted studs.

 

no, use the info here, and do it yourself. if you have acess to hand tools, a drill, an easy out, and some pb blaster, you can fix this yourself...