I would probably ship it back to be "fixed" but I might ask them if "fixed" means 5 minutes with a belt sander and if so, could I do it myself or have it done locally. There was some weld flash in one of the sensor bungs on mine, I emailed a pic and asked them if I could clean it up myself and if so what size tap. They quickly mailed me a really nice tap which worked out fine.
Leaking Doug Thorley Headers. What to do?
I bought a set of stainless ceramic coated DT headers in April. I installed them and I thought everythig was ok. In May I bought the uprev and did the logs so i could get my first map tuned. It turned out It looked looked like I had a leak on the left bank, So I took it back apart figuring I had messed something up when I installed it. Once I had it apart I could see the leaks and it was pretty clear why.
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So I called Nick at DT and told him what was going on and he said he wanted to get the header back so they could "fix" it. The problem with this is I live in Florida and its going to take 5 days for it to get to him, then they are going to have to fix it, then its 5 days back and I cant be without my truck for two to three weeks. So we agreed that they would get me a new one but they didnt have anymore so it would be about 5 weeks but he wanted me to call back after 2 weeks and see how things were going. I called again after 2 and a half weeks to check on things and Nick tiold me they were in welding and I should call again in a week and a half. So today I called and he tells me that he was wrong the that the headers being made now are the mild steel not the stainless and he still thinks I should send the one I have to him to have it fixed. I got really pissed because I paid alot for the headers and I just want them not to leak. I cant even get my e-tunes done because of the leak. Another problem is that it sounds like ****.
In his defense its only been 4 weeks so its not like its gone on longer then we agreed but today he didn't even give me a time frame for when I would get them.
I am asking you guys what you think I should do and am I wrong for being upset?
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So I called Nick at DT and told him what was going on and he said he wanted to get the header back so they could "fix" it. The problem with this is I live in Florida and its going to take 5 days for it to get to him, then they are going to have to fix it, then its 5 days back and I cant be without my truck for two to three weeks. So we agreed that they would get me a new one but they didnt have anymore so it would be about 5 weeks but he wanted me to call back after 2 weeks and see how things were going. I called again after 2 and a half weeks to check on things and Nick tiold me they were in welding and I should call again in a week and a half. So today I called and he tells me that he was wrong the that the headers being made now are the mild steel not the stainless and he still thinks I should send the one I have to him to have it fixed. I got really pissed because I paid alot for the headers and I just want them not to leak. I cant even get my e-tunes done because of the leak. Another problem is that it sounds like ****.
In his defense its only been 4 weeks so its not like its gone on longer then we agreed but today he didn't even give me a time frame for when I would get them.
I am asking you guys what you think I should do and am I wrong for being upset?
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I replaced the the gasket twice with the OEM gasket and the last time I tried the felpro. On the OEM gaskets I made sure the silver side was facing the head. I followed the repair manual. I did tighten the nuts down again after 300 miles or so and both side has some that needed to be snugged up. The flange does not look like its bad. To me it looks like even if they surface the flange it will still leak because the hole itself isn't an oval making it too large. If you look at the rings around each hole you can see on cylander 5 (third hole) the hole is wider then the ring. If you look at the stillens they make ovals like the oem manifold.
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I tried moving the manifold all the way down on the studs and I actually got the leak to move to the top of the gasket/header.
maybe this hole thing has just made me crazy and I am completly wrong. I just dont think that after spending 750 bucks you should have to send them back to be "fixed" and not have a truck for 2 weeks have to pay for the shipping again. I looked into having a local shop grind the flang and its going to be about 70 bucks but why pay to have your new header fixed.
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I replaced the the gasket twice with the OEM gasket and the last time I tried the felpro. On the OEM gaskets I made sure the silver side was facing the head. I followed the repair manual. I did tighten the nuts down again after 300 miles or so and both side has some that needed to be snugged up. The flange does not look like its bad. To me it looks like even if they surface the flange it will still leak because the hole itself isn't an oval making it too large. If you look at the rings around each hole you can see on cylander 5 (third hole) the hole is wider then the ring. If you look at the stillens they make ovals like the oem manifold.
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I tried moving the manifold all the way down on the studs and I actually got the leak to move to the top of the gasket/header.
maybe this hole thing has just made me crazy and I am completly wrong. I just dont think that after spending 750 bucks you should have to send them back to be "fixed" and not have a truck for 2 weeks have to pay for the shipping again. I looked into having a local shop grind the flang and its going to be about 70 bucks but why pay to have your new header fixed.
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Look at how nice these look. I didnt even get ovals I got saturn shaped holes.
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this is what mine looked like new
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see the difference. thanks titanss for finding that post its exactly what i thought.
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this is what mine looked like new
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see the difference. thanks titanss for finding that post its exactly what i thought.
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