My Horror Story with Megan Racing Headers...

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May 17, 2005 | 01:53 PM

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Scott17

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^^^ Let other guys do these companies R&D for them, it's way cheaper in the long run!

May 17, 2005 | 02:03 PM

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Marshall

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Yes I ment PBlaster as an anti-seize product t remove/loosen a metal component. Not the greeze..

May 17, 2005 | 04:47 PM

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Giravani

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Originally Posted by jrv2000

You learned a vlauable lesson, one which I learned with my last car. If you notice, I have no engine mods done to my car. I usually like to wait atleast 6 months after a new mod comes out to let others deal with all of the kinks in the design. For forced induction, i'm probably going to wait a year to see how all those kits turn out.

I'm going to wait until my warranty is up before I do any kind of FI. I've dropped way too much money on parts (and more parts to fix them) as it is so I'm going to sit back and wait, and pay off my debt while I'm at it. I shouldn't be buying new parts when in debt in the first place.

*slaps his own hand*

May 17, 2005 | 05:27 PM

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Judging from his description of events, the O2 sensor probably had already seized in the original header. The remnants are probably what screwed up the threads on the new sensor.

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You should always use anti-seize compound on the threads of O2 sensors. That would have probably saved you a lot of trouble.

May 18, 2005 | 09:43 PM

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Giravani

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Originally Posted by DoWopBx

Judging from his description of events, the O2 sensor probably had already seized in the original header. The remnants are probably what screwed up the threads on the new sensor.

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Originally Posted by JasonH

You should always use anti-seize compound on the threads of O2 sensors. That would have probably saved you a lot of trouble.

The threads on the new sensor were fine, it was actually the OEM header threads that were trashed. It was because the threads of the original sensor were seized and when we broke them free the first time around, the threads of the old sensor must have left debris in the OEM header threads. Basically, the threads were trashed all over the place

May 21, 2005 | 10:01 PM

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enigmon

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Sorry to hear about your horrors, but thank you for sharing with us and letting us know. I am sure it will be helpful to somebody, even if it's just to help someone thinking about buying a header. I was thinking about getting one, but now i have to agree with the everyone, and wait it out and see if anything else "happens".