Quick help with Header problem

[SAllen0400]

I got my TOG's Headers installed about 3 weeks ago, and the guys that installed it said it was a pain to install and took them about 9 hours. Anyway, 2 days ago i noticed a sort of fluttering noise along with my exhaust noise. Kinda like an old beat up car's exhaust sounds. In slowly got worse, and then this morning when i got in the car, and started it up it sounded like a beast. No more fluttering, but it is a lot louder. Something is obviously wrong. Especially since when i popped the hood there was a little bit of exhaust coming up out of the engine bay. But the smoke only came up while the car was running. Any help on this? Thanks.

Sean
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[phantom505]

I wonder if he put the gaskets on corretly. It's the first and only thing I can think of.

[kubiache]

take a good sniff under the hood after it runs. If it's gaskets it should be a pretty noticeable exhaust smell. Definately the most obvious answer.

[SAllen0400]

ok, this may sound stupid, but how bad is it for the car if i still drive around with it like that? Cuz i won't be able to get it into a shop till monday.

[cavingman]

yea definetly either gaskets are in wrong or somethin wasnt tightened enough.

[ViperGTSR]

yea, my car does the SAME EXACT THING, like same exact, im pretty sure its an exhaust leak from the gaskets. Mine is really bad and I need to get it fixed.

[mjhurley1]

Mine had the same problem. Turned out to be a broken weld on the downpipe. Easy fix.
I also had a vibration/resonance for a while. It went away after about 2 weeks.

[kubiache]

Originally posted by SAllen0400
ok, this may sound stupid, but how bad is it for the car if i still drive around with it like that? Cuz i won't be able to get it into a shop till monday.

I don't think any serious damage. You might get a little carbon buildup around the flange, but even that probably wouldn't be serious in 4 days.

[AaronGTR]

They probably didn't get the crossover pipe lined up right and/or the gaskets tight enough. After installing them on Alex's car I started using copper gasket sealer on the donut gaskets on mine and Chris's cars with good success. No weird noises coming from either. I need to have Alex come up and re-do his crossover to see if we can fix it. I did retighten the front joint and it got somewhat better.

If it took them about 9 hours that sounds about right though. Took about 10-11 in my garage, not counting the other stuff we did.