# Exhaust Manifold Gasket

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/5096>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 24, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/5096 "2007-09-24T21:51:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AROYAK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/aroyak/32/375_2.png) [@AROYAK](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AROYAK)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/5096/1 "2007-09-24T21:51:43Z")

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I’ve got a 99 chevy s10 pickup, 2.2L engine. I just got my engine replaced by a bunch of idiots, and they didn’t install an exhaust manifold gasket. Being an idiot myself, I didn’t actually look under the hood when I noticed an obvious exhaust leak whilst driving it out of their garage. I took it back to them and they said it was a cracked exhaust manifold. So I went to a junk yard, got a new manifold, went to install it myself and noticed that there was no gasket on the old one. I noticed this before I actually took anything apart. Was there any damage done to the engine by driving it like this?

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**Author:** ![AROYAK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/aroyak/32/375_2.png) [@AROYAK](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AROYAK)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/5096/2 "2007-09-24T21:54:49Z")

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…and can an exhaust leak make the engine less powerful?

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**Author:** ![Sobi3ny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sobi3ny](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sobi3ny)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-manifold-gasket/5096/3 "2007-10-08T07:33:01Z")

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I had to change the gasket on my S10 Extreme for a new aftermarket header. Well to answer your question. Driving for a long period of time with no gasket could have warped the block surface where the manifold bolts on. I would get a new crush gasket and install it. Make sure you torque the bolts to the right value and order. All should be well as i drove for a little while with a leaking gasket.