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Re: Noticing hot headers after first start of old engine. pan3lman #1371788 08/02/2020 3:03 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 B. C. Canada 3 3B 'Bolter
3B 'Bolter 3 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 B. C. Canada	Hy pan3lman, are your headers connected to a full exhaust system, or are there just headers on the engine? If it has been sitting for a while could rodents have moved into the exhaust pipes and their nest be causing a restriction?

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Noticing hot headers after first start of old engine.	pan3lman	08/01/2020 9:58 PM
Re: Noticing hot headers after first start of old engine.	Hotrod Lincoln	08/01/2020 10:13 PM
Re: Noticing hot headers after first start of old engine.	klhansen	08/01/2020 10:18 PM
Re: Noticing hot headers after first start of old engine.	pan3lman	08/02/2020 2:21 AM
Re: Noticing hot headers after first start of old engine.	3B	08/02/2020 3:03 PM
Re: Noticing hot headers after first start of old engine.	pan3lman	08/02/2020 3:09 PM
Re: Noticing hot headers after first start of old engine.	yar	08/02/2020 4:15 PM
Re: Noticing hot headers after first start of old engine.	Dragsix	08/02/2020 5:04 PM
Re: Noticing hot headers after first start of old engine.	pan3lman	08/02/2020 5:29 PM

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