Replacement of Manifold Gasket
 

Hi everyone,
I believe my car has an exhaust manifold leak and I am now looking at
changing the gasket as a starting point. After reading the Honda
workshop manual it stated that you should change the manifold stud,
self locking nuts. My question is do I really need to change the self
locking nuts as there are 9 of them and they are worth $8 Australian
each so it ends up being a fairly expensive operation when I am not
100% sure it will fix my problem.
Regards,
Michael.

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My Car Details
Make: Honda Civic
Model: 1995, EG
Engine: 1.5 Litre, D15B7
Gearbox: 5spd Manual
Body: 4 Door, Sedan

"MikeLikes" > wrote in
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> Hi everyone,
> I believe my car has an exhaust manifold leak and I am now looking at
> changing the gasket as a starting point. After reading the Honda
> workshop manual it stated that you should change the manifold stud,
> self locking nuts. My question is do I really need to change the self
> locking nuts



No.

Be prepared for broken studs though. And some of them may wind out of the
head with the nut still attached. Do NOT overtorque.


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I think I might just live with the ticking sound, I dont want to start
something and make it worse along the way.
Thanks for the info
Mike.