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Chupacabra

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  1. Just a word of warning I've got 145,000 on my Pathfinder and decide to put synthetic in it during my last oil change..within a few days I had oil dripping from my oil pan. I never found out where the leak was coming from but I suspect the rear main oil seal..I let it go for several weeks but it never stopped leaking changed back over to Castrol 10W30 and with in a few days the leak had stopped and hasn't returned.

  2. The ERG fit with a very small adjustment just had to bend it slightly...hooking everything up to the stock exhaust was a snap...the hardest part was detaching the stock pipes from the system(soak everything with PB blaster for better results)

    The hardest part of this job IMO was getting everything off the engine in preperation for the install. Once that was done everything just fell into place.

  3. I just finished installing Thorley Headers on my 95 Pathfinder auto. Besides the two broken manifold studs I ran into no problems at all putting these babys on other than the fact that it's a B***H getting at all the nuts and bolts in there. It's a real tight fit for sure. Bring a lot of patience and work til your hands cramp up then take a break then go back at it. Took me three days give or take working about 3 hrs. a day to get them on. Besides getting new gaskets to replace the ones Thorley sends with the headers(I used the Napa #MS15363W they come with the header gaskets and the two tri-flange gaskets you'll need) the only thing extra I picked up was the Nissan gasket that sits between the cat and the Y-pipe(metal gasket) and a 2" band clamp for the slip on fitting. Sounds like a new ride...I never realized how loud the exhaust leak was before because it just slowly becomes part of owning a Pathy...but with these puppys on I can't believe I waited this long to get headers. I've read other posts on this site about noisy lifters etc. and I swear after doing this that it cut down on what I thought was noisy lifters in my engine. Sorry about the long post but in closing if you're thinking seriously about getting headers because of an exhaust leak don't hesitate...You'll be amazed and able to hear yourself think while you're tooling around town.

  4. I just picked up all the nuts and bolts so to speak for my new Thorley headers...

    QTY Part # Name

    12 14065-V5004 Stud-Manifold

    12 14039-W1500 Nut

    12 14037-v5005 Washer-Lock

    02 14037-v5000 Gasket-Manifold exhaust

    I paid $111 for everything at my local Nissan dealer...The part # for the studs are for the 300zx twin turbo (revised stud) I was given what I thought was a really good discount for the parts because as I was told by the parts guy..."putting headers on your pathfinder is probably the best solution for a pemanent fix for the exhaust leak...but you didn't hear that from me."

  5. I was told by Thorley and others that have done it that their headers (part #464-2) for the manual pathys will fit automatics. The only issue being that the Y-pipe hangs about an inch or so below the cross member. I'll let you know as I plan to post about my installation as soon as I get the chance...hopefully by next weekend.

  6. I got my oil filter relocation kit from AC/4x4parts.com. Simple to install put it in the wheel well pasenger side. As far as wrapping the starter in thermo wrap I wouldn't think its going to be a problem considering the starter only "works" for a couple of seconds each time you use it and not constantly...my main concern was the fact that the headers and the starter are soooo close to each other that I didn't want to cook the starter. It may be overkill or just plain stupid on my part...I'll let you know if my starter pucks on me after I get my ride back.

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