Exhaust pipes

[Camaro84]

Hey wassup everybody its been a while since i been on But Yeah im trying to seal my exhaust from the exhaust manifolds to my pipes and for some reason they are not sealing........ I went down to the chevy parts store and they said they dont sell the little donut gaskets for the pipes for 84 camaros... so i went to just put them on with out them........ but im getting all my exhaust smoke into my engine compartment....... can some one tell me what they think i should do.... thanks alot

[blindeyed]

Originally Posted by Camaro84

Hey wassup everybody its been a while since i been on But Yeah im trying to seal my exhaust from the exhaust manifolds to my pipes and for some reason they are not sealing........ I went down to the chevy parts store and they said they dont sell the little donut gaskets for the pipes for 84 camaros... so i went to just put them on with out them........ but im getting all my exhaust smoke into my engine compartment....... can some one tell me what they think i should do.... thanks alot

You mean you tried to put your manifolds on without the gaskets?? Wow, that's definately not a bright idea. Try going to Advance Auto Parts/Autozone/NAPA and getting exhaust manifold gaskets for a 1984 Camaro, then they'll ask you what size engine and then you tell them.. Which btw, which engine do you have? If it's the 2.8L V6 then instead of telling them you have an 84 Camaro, tell them you have a 1988 Pontiac Fiero with a 2.8L V6. The gaskets for the Fiero are better designed than the one for the F-Body's.

[Camaro84]

Nooooooooo Thats not wat i did...... im Talking about when the exhaust manifold reaches the Pipes that gasket......

[blindeyed]

Originally Posted by Camaro84

Nooooooooo Thats not wat i did...... im Talking about when the exhaust manifold reaches the Pipes that gasket......

But.. there is no gasket that goes there. At least not on any 3rg gen Camaro I've ever seen. Normally it's just a one pipe that then ends with a 2 bolt pipe connector, then connects to the front end of the cat with the 2 bolts. 1 bolt on each side. Kinda like this:
http://www.ftpp.net/images/Bassani/b...socket_500.jpg

Are you able to take any pictures?

[Jcrane88]

there is a donut gasket that goes there..your right......when i put mine back together i used the old one...and mine leaks a bit.not alot though...do you have the old ones?

[Jcrane88]

at the end of the manifold it looks like this



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^^ is what the end of the manifold looks like....and the gasket goes on that ledge...the gasket is beveled on both sides

[blindeyed]

hmm.. thats interesting... never knew that.