Exhaust flange seals

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Jim, I have dealt with this before, trust me, go and have it fixed right, a 
problematic flange like this will NEVER seal right.  I would put in the 3 
hour drive to prevent the dozens of hours you will deal with this in the next 
few years.
Javad

In a message dated 7/23/2001 7:40:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jeg1976 at yahoo.com writes:

<<  need advice on the best type of seal to use.  My
 brand new exhaust that I had put on the car has
 already blown through a seal on the flange that was
 put on the downpipe.  After dropping the exhaust, I
 had to clean all the Goo off the flange that was
 previously sealing the inperfections.  For the amount
 of money I paid the Bozo's who did this, you think
 they could weld a flange on strait.  I did some
 grinding, but it is still not perfect.  Is there a
 seal that will make up for a slightly warped flange? 
 I can bring it back to them, but I would like to just
 get it done with and not have to drive 1.5 hrs each
 way to have them do it.  I put a crappy felt one in
 there for the time being, but it is slightly leaking. 
 What about using two gaskets?
 Thanks, >>