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Exhaust wrap on headers?

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speedster356 · 15 Jun 2004, 6:51 pm

I have wrapped my headers with Thermo Tec exhaust wrap and it appears that they it is burning on the primary header just out of the heads, doing a lot of smoking and has turned black? Almost looks as though it is burning off? Is this normal and just part of the process?🙁

LOWBUG · 15 Jun 2004, 7:54 pm

I've used the bandage type an not seen that happen

Gracey · 22 Jun 2004, 12:29 pm

I've used it before and this didn't happen. If its on a turbo motor the extra heat may do this.
What it did do though was turn the headers into junk, I think by keeping too much heat in the headers it fatigued the metal real quick. Just my opinion.

MikeM · 22 Jun 2004, 1:19 pm

Where can you get the Bandage type from?

speedster356 · 22 Jun 2004, 5:59 pm

Just picked it up from a local auto parts store, I used 1" wide tape. Looks like it's stopped smoking now so that's taken the worried look off the faces of people walking past my stopped car!