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11-04-2002, 08:12 PM

Ok, i just put headers on my 1996 civic EX. and, to me, its sounds like there's an exhaust leak....i know this prolly isn't gunna happen. but, does someone know of a recording of a civic with headers? heh, i'm wanna know if i gotta take it in.

but i don't know how there could be a leak, i tigtened everyhting up really tight, GRR!

help!

94_AcCoRd_EX · 11-04-2002, 08:16 PM

What kind of noise are you actually hearing?

Did you just install your exhaust? Header?

11-04-2002, 08:19 PM

i installed the exhaust last sunday, the one before this last sunday, and i installed the headerts last saturday (the last saturday) and i'm hearing a...hmmm, so hard to describee noises over the net :(....well, lets see, i'm hearing a...well, whats an exhaust leak sound like on a civic? and how are civics supposed to sound with headers?

*AzCivic* · 11-05-2002, 02:44 AM

Did you reuse the donut gasket thing on the end of the stock down pipe? That'll cause a leak and a loss of power.

slowEJ6 · 11-05-2002, 04:36 PM

you mean *header*.

if you have an exhaust leak, it'll sound a bit louder and more of a groggy kind of sound.
i have a small exhaust leak right after my muffler and my car sounds like a turbocharged hondas exhaust

11-05-2002, 06:16 PM

i'm used a NEW gasket, not the stock one.

and does you are make that turbocharged sound when its idling, or jsut when your accelerating *crosses fingers*

cause my car, when oyu accelerate it sounds like a hissing sound, but i tigtened everyhitng, there couldn't be a leak! lol

ShagginJet · 11-05-2002, 06:44 PM

It makes a hissing sound when accelerate?? Wow, that's odd. Umm, do you have the latest drivers for your exhaust system?

I wish life was that easy. Either which way, hope you figure it out.

94_AcCoRd_EX · 11-05-2002, 06:46 PM

Are you sure the hiss isn't from the AEM intake?

11-05-2002, 06:49 PM

BTW: the hissing sounds is coming from the engine, not from teh car back.

11-05-2002, 07:43 PM

mine does that also, but its more of an airy sound, i dont know why

94_AcCoRd_EX · 11-05-2002, 07:53 PM

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Originally posted by 94_AcCoRd_EX
Are you sure the hiss isn't from the AEM intake?

11-05-2002, 08:06 PM

hehe, good point accord

11-05-2002, 09:31 PM

Yeah the header is going to change the tone of your intake slighty. I thought I had a leak in my header but its just the way the header sounds either that or it went away hehe.

11-05-2002, 10:32 PM

i jsut went driving, and this sounds so odd, i know its NOT the intake, and it sounds like the fuel being injected into the pistons or whatever, but its loud....would headers make the fuel injecting sound louder?

slowEJ6 · 11-06-2002, 02:39 AM

idea #1: pop hood, have someone rev your engine, stick your head in the engine bay and inspect.

11-06-2002, 11:58 AM

ok, thats a good idea, but it only makes the sound when it's pulling in a gear.

if i rev it and it's standing still (in nuetral) it doesn't make the sound.

i'm starting to think its just the way the headers sound.

*AzCivic* · 11-06-2002, 12:17 PM

It probably is, if your not feeling a loss in power dont worry about it.

11-06-2002, 11:08 PM

OMG I FOUND IT!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH! I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF! lol!

i turned the car on, and stuck my hand down near the header and down pipe, and i felt air in the joint between the header adn the down pipe, so i unbolted it, and took the gasket out, cause i thought it was the gasket, and the gasket is totaly spent, lol, adn its new! lol it was like all burnt and brittle, it broke in my hands, and when i took it out, there was already a piece of it missing, it was just the mesh, no silicon (causeing the leak)

so, i gotta go get some gasket material, and cut another one :P

thnx for the help guys!

11-04-2002, 08:16 PM	#2
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11-04-2002, 08:12 PM	#1
OPAKRACING Posts: n/a	Plz help! Ok, i just put headers on my 1996 civic EX. and, to me, its sounds like there's an exhaust leak....i know this prolly isn't gunna happen. but, does someone know of a recording of a civic with headers? heh, i'm wanna know if i gotta take it in. but i don't know how there could be a leak, i tigtened everyhting up really tight, GRR! help!

11-04-2002, 08:19 PM	#3
OPAKRACING Posts: n/a	i installed the exhaust last sunday, the one before this last sunday, and i installed the headerts last saturday (the last saturday) and i'm hearing a...hmmm, so hard to describee noises over the net :(....well, lets see, i'm hearing a...well, whats an exhaust leak sound like on a civic? and how are civics supposed to sound with headers?

11-05-2002, 02:44 AM	#4
AzCivic Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Az Age: 43 Posts: 3,804	Did you reuse the donut gasket thing on the end of the stock down pipe? That'll cause a leak and a loss of power.

11-05-2002, 04:36 PM	#5
slowEJ6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Oviedo, FL Age: 42 Posts: 3,195	you mean header. if you have an exhaust leak, it'll sound a bit louder and more of a groggy kind of sound. i have a small exhaust leak right after my muffler and my car sounds like a turbocharged hondas exhaust

11-05-2002, 06:16 PM	#6
OPAKRACING Posts: n/a	i'm used a NEW gasket, not the stock one. and does you are make that turbocharged sound when its idling, or jsut when your accelerating crosses fingers cause my car, when oyu accelerate it sounds like a hissing sound, but i tigtened everyhitng, there couldn't be a leak! lol

11-05-2002, 06:49 PM	#9
OPAKRACING Posts: n/a	BTW: the hissing sounds is coming from the engine, not from teh car back.

11-05-2002, 07:43 PM	#10
Senshi Posts: n/a	mine does that also, but its more of an airy sound, i dont know why

11-05-2002, 08:06 PM	#12
OPAKRACING Posts: n/a	hehe, good point accord

11-05-2002, 09:31 PM	#13
Honda530 Posts: n/a	Yeah the header is going to change the tone of your intake slighty. I thought I had a leak in my header but its just the way the header sounds either that or it went away hehe.

11-05-2002, 10:32 PM	#14
OPAKRACING Posts: n/a	i jsut went driving, and this sounds so odd, i know its NOT the intake, and it sounds like the fuel being injected into the pistons or whatever, but its loud....would headers make the fuel injecting sound louder?

11-06-2002, 02:39 AM	#15
slowEJ6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Oviedo, FL Age: 42 Posts: 3,195	idea #1: pop hood, have someone rev your engine, stick your head in the engine bay and inspect.

11-06-2002, 11:58 AM	#16
OPAKRACING Posts: n/a	ok, thats a good idea, but it only makes the sound when it's pulling in a gear. if i rev it and it's standing still (in nuetral) it doesn't make the sound. i'm starting to think its just the way the headers sound.

11-06-2002, 12:17 PM	#17
AzCivic Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Az Age: 43 Posts: 3,804	It probably is, if your not feeling a loss in power dont worry about it.

11-06-2002, 11:08 PM	#18
OPAKRACING Posts: n/a	OMG I FOUND IT!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH! I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF! lol! i turned the car on, and stuck my hand down near the header and down pipe, and i felt air in the joint between the header adn the down pipe, so i unbolted it, and took the gasket out, cause i thought it was the gasket, and the gasket is totaly spent, lol, adn its new! lol it was like all burnt and brittle, it broke in my hands, and when i took it out, there was already a piece of it missing, it was just the mesh, no silicon (causeing the leak) so, i gotta go get some gasket material, and cut another one :P thnx for the help guys!