het everybody well today i swapped out my header gaskets from mr gasket coppers( they suck ) to felpros because i had serious header leaks...but now to the point i stripped out the first hole on my head closes to the alt on my passenger side...what can i do to get that fixed ??should i just wait to get it worked on when i bring it to this this shop thats puyying in my cam package??? they have to take off the heads anyway right??but heres thegood news i started her up and and no ticking so im pretty shure theres no leak but i still dont like the fact that im missing a bolt...well sorry so long but thanks for checking out my post

 

On my longtube headers I didnt have any leaks with 4 bolts out of the 6 on one side just becuase it was next to impossible to get some of them in.... dont worry about it.

 

yea if it aint broke dont fix it lol

 

If you don't have a leak don't worry about it. I'm missing one bolt in the passenger side header, and have no problems. Just make sure your bolts are always tight.

 

im basically up against the same problem, my question is if I bolt it back together with only five bolts and it doesn't leak, will it leak sooner? or will it cause the other bolts to loosen up sooner?


You guys with out all 6 bolts, how long have you been running it like this?

Thanks

 

itll leak eventually.........i had a bolt that i stripped and left it out..........things were fine for about a month, then it started leaking.

from what i understand, the only way to fix it properly is to have it heli-coiled..........but you cant do that with the head in the car so you have to take it off and to a machine shop.

 

yea eventually when my cam goes in im going to have them put new threads in there for me...so i should pretty much check my bolts every few days or what?

 

Not sure about the Jet Hot LT's but most headers you casn use either hole in the front and rear, both sides[the heads have 2 holes there] just put a bolt in the other hole?
Also, heads do not come off for a cam swap..

 

i had a missing bolt and felpro gaskets. no ticking sound. A month later, i could see black reside on the part of the header with the missing bolt, so something must have been leaking even though i couldnt hear it.

I put a bolt in, but the residue is still there.

 

they dont come off during the cam install....shoot i was thinking they did...awwell...ill have to see how much it will cost...but thanks for the advice guys...

 

One of my friends has been running one of his Hooker headers with 1 bolt missing for over a a year and has had no problems...

 

Try re-tapping it maybe?

I might have to do that one the same bolt hole (front passenger) if it keeps crossthreading

 

May try a little longer bolt. Be sure that a longer bolt wont bottom out into the head. But it may be the first couple of threads stripped and a longer bolt will grab new threads and hold tight. Just get a longer bolt and use some washers to get it as long as you can and try that.

 

thanks for the idea...but it seems like its stripped right b4 the end...because once i get it close to torqued down it starts backing out

 

Most header bolt's included w/ headers are only 3/4".. You can use a 1" ARP Safely and that might get you by till your ready to do the heads.. They are only like 15 bux from summit..