E30 exhaust flange nuts

[bravo 35]

It's always the tiy things that are a pain.

The nuts that hold the exhaust pipe to the manifold are supposed to be one use, but I reuse them anyway. One of them is now well past its use by date and deformed to the point where it cannot be used again, and so time to replace it as with it off exhaust gas is emmitted into my engine bay (and probably the passenger cabin too).

But of course Repco etc don't have anything like that. I can order off my BMW parts supplier, but I have to pay freight for a nut that proabably costs less than $1.

So where do you get something like this? Nuts and bolts would have to be the hardest things to source in my experience.

Cheers

[Gus 5]

i just used some 17mm (bigger) nuts i had in my bolt collection.

bound to have something that fits if you keen next time you down here

[kiwipetrolhead 1]

Any decent muffler shop should be able to help you out with that one. I got a new set of manifold-to-head studs for my 323i from my mate's muffler shop in Feilding, and he has studs to suit the flange as well.

Cheers

Paul

[bravo 35]

Thanks and thanks.

I'll try the muffler shop. Only reason I don't ue something out of my bolt collection as I'm not sure if the exhaust nuts have been treated in any way to cope with the heat.

[kiwipetrolhead 1]

Thanks and thanks.

I'll try the muffler shop. Only reason I don't ue something out of my bolt collection as I'm not sure if the exhaust nuts have been treated in any way to cope with the heat.

Yip, it certainly pays to put decent stuff on where there is lots of heat. BTW, if you want to paint the manifold, try POR15 exhuast paint. Magic!

Cheers

Paul