Bad front manifold leak seen with Seafoam (video)

[SirThomas88]

Well a couple days ago I started smelling a really really strong gas odor in my car and coming from the engine bay so I tried Seafoaming in a vain attempt to diagnose it.

Well, I don't know if I found the problem (and the smell has gone away) but it seems my front manifold is leaking really badly. Before winter I seafoamed and the manifold was leaking but only small tendrils were coming out. Looks like it's gotten a lot worse. Anyone have similar leaks? How does this compare? Car runs fine otherwise.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SirThoma.../0/fT9JrvXdn6c

Good thing I'm putting headers on my car soon!

[LUVLEXUS101]

It could be the gasket between the manifold and downpipe if you take the heatshield off? I know my gen3 had a leak between downpipe and the header, simply replacing the 3 dollar gasket fixed it

[LynchburgCSI]

Holy leak, batman!

[SirThomas88]

Originally Posted by LUVLEXUS101

It could be the gasket between the manifold and downpipe if you take the heatshield off? I know my gen3 had a leak between downpipe and the header, simply replacing the 3 dollar gasket fixed it

Hmm. Well I'm replacing my entire exhaust soon with headers and 3" piping soon so I won't have to worry about it after that!

Was driving tonight and the Seafoam wasn't done burning out and I could smell it wafting into the cabin from the engine bay. Not good. That means I'm breathing in a considerable amount of exhaust when I drive.