Warped exhaust manifold cheap fix

[thedogsbollox]

I bought a second hand exhaust manifold and when my mechanic went to fit it he found it more bannana shaped than the one i had on there. As the original gasket was fairly new(6 weeks) he removed one of the metal pieces that go around the exhaust port, there are a couple of layers of these on a gasket. He attached this to my new gasket, on the no1 port, with a bit of what he called exhaust liquid gasket. This was enough to shim it to the correct thickness to take up the gap. It is now sealed up like a ducks poophole.

[dandywarhol]

Nice one dogs - I also bought a warped manifold and baulked at the £35+vat machining cost and had the very same idea - glad it worked - better get cracking on mine