Get a long piece of hose. 3/8 or 1/2 will do. Put one end to your ear and use the other end to scan the headers with engine running. You'll find it.
This works for me too.
Finding Header Cracks
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This works for me too.
Well I started with the tube method and thought it was isolated to the #5 cylinder. Found a smoke machine and tried to verify with that but had no luck. Last night tried the seafoam option and, despite what looked like a forest fire, got some smoke to puff out of the #5 cylinder behind the flange where the pipe connects. Pulled the header and took this picture. Pretty sure that's the problem. Now - I was going to weld around the outside of all three pipes to the flange, and the only junk head I have immediate access to (to bolt on during welding) is from a 3800. Is the bolt pattern the same as the 3.8?
I was also going to have the mounting side of the flange surface planed after welding.
I was also going to have the mounting side of the flange surface planed after welding.
