Hey Gnarls,
Getting pretty busy at work so I have less wrenching time.
I'll pull the plugs soon and see how they look. I don't have a compression tester so I don't really have a good way to do that. If I can find a deal on one maybe I'll pick it up and give it a run. Should let me know if those rings are sealed up nice.
I put the Remflex on there and the exhaust leak is worse than before. I had trimmed out some gasket between the EGR holes and the main ports, and then torqued to 25 pounds. Don't know if that was enough to over torque it and cause a problem, or if I never should have cut it at all. They say 20 pounds, I wouldn't think 25 would cause an issue? After the leak I went up to the factory 35 pounds and that did nothing to it. Going to see if I can get my money back from them.
I think I am going to pick up the Napa gasket today and some ultra copper and give that a shot. The Napa one looks good enough I guess, it'a graphite or carbon with metal around the exhaust ports.
I'm also going to completely pull the DT out of there as well and see if it looks warped or not. I'll get it trued up if I need to but hopefully that is not the issue.
