Exhaust Manifold To DP Flange?
 

Ok I am at my wits end on this exhaust leak that has been there since day one :evil: . So here are the pictures of the flanges. Yes I know one of the studs is in backwards but it didn't matter when it was the other way. The EM's are welded and the donught gasket in ther eis straight from GM. The problem I am having is that the flanges at the top are hitting when the motor is torqued which in turn opens at the bottom. I have had five exhaust shops work on it in the last year and none of them have fixed it yet! The last one was the shop that did my cat. I asked them to fix it and when they were done I asked if they fixed it they said yes it's all silent. As soon as I got 10 mins away it opened up again! Here is my best guess: The DP is at the wrong angle and needs to be rebent up to fix this. Is there a flex DP that will work on the 93's? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Have you checked your motor mounts? If they are bad..you could get excessive flex that could cause the leak.

I did look at that and they seem fine. However I am planning to replace the front lower one. I thought I read about adapting the 95+ one with the hydraulic strut on the 92-93. Is this possible or is there another option on a stiffer mount?

I doubt there's any reason why you can't use the 95 mount. Unless the exhaust hits...but I don't foresee that as an issue. The strut should help limit the movement, especially if your old mount was bad.

Ok cool I am picking up my BCS today and I will pick up one of those also. Thanks Boosty. 8)

Before you remove the old one.

Take some measurements where the strut on the new mount is located.