[Roadsters] exhaust manifold leak

[Tim]

Don't know if this will help....

My 70 1600 has an exhaust leak at the manifold as well. It sounds like a 
bad valve but the mechanic (who does the work I am not yet ready to do) 
told me that clicking sound was actually a leak at the manifold.

This could be at the gasket or a cracked manifold. As far as I know (and 
I am far far far from an expert) the only way to determine for sure is 
to dismantle the intake and exhaust manifolds.

Tim


On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Paul Strahl wrote:

> Hey I have owned my 1970 1600 for almost a year now. No known 
> modifications.
> It has been running great until just now. It became really loud. I had 
> a
> muffler shop look at it a replace a pipe just before the muffler. It 
> sounds
> like normal now. The muffler shop guy called to my attention that the
> exhast mainfold had a leak and he would have to take it apart to see 
> if it
> was a gasket, crack, warping or what was going on. So I have a couple
> questions for the guys who run these cars and know about them. 1) How 
> can one
> tell the that the manifold leaks and where it is leaking? 2) Is this a 
> common
> problem 3) What are common solutions?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Paul S
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