Slight leakage.....exhaust

Hey all, as some of you may know i fitted a 2 into 2 laser extreme system to my K3 sv650 recently. av done a few miles since fitting it and did a routine tighten/check on everything and i have noticed a slight air leakage at front header pipe. i say slight as ya fingers need to be about 10-15mm away to feel it (it cant be heard) and its only from the top of the pipe not all the way round, so i assumed an angle problem sumwhere

after many hours of un-doing the system, wiggling it around and re-tightening (i even brought another gasket) i can not get rid of the chuffing leakage!

is there sum sorta sealant i can put in there since the leak is so minor? any advice from the experts? (apart from scrap the cans lol)

any input gratefully recieved!

thx in advance
Amp

High temperature exhaust sealant. You can get some from halfords. I put it around the the outlet, squash the gasket in there, a little more sealant and then bolt the header pipe on.

I take it you mean it is leaking from the OEM front header (Laser re-uses OEM front/rear header) as you have bought a new gasket....



Are the header nut/bolts tightened up to the correctly? If yes, then I would recommend getting some liquid gasket (available from car/bike shops). Undo the front header and smear some onto the gasket (top/bottom/outside) and the outer section of the header and then reassemble.

[yorkie_chris]

I'd ignore it if it's so minor.

thx for your input guys greatly appreciated!

@ yorkie_chris....... the leak is very minor, would ignoring it and letting it blow a lil not do a bit of harm mebe even in the long-term?

[yorkie_chris]

You've got the chance of some popping and banging... but the EFI bikes deliberately leak air in on the overrun anyway.

There is the danger of a hot-spot making the hole bigger, but I doubt it will cause a problem. It wouldn't bother me to leave it.

Obviously the safe approach is to fix it as BA and dave suggest.

I have a small leak on the Dullsville. I am just too lazy to be bothered with fixing it.