Exhaust flange seals
Jim Green
jeg1976 at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 23 08:50:39 EDT 2001
Yea, I had a feeling that was the case. Damnit!!
Thanks,
Jim
--- JShadzi at aol.com wrote:
> 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, >>
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