[Vwdiesel] Exaust!

[Nate Wall]

VW told me they went through about 10 iterations of this part before they
got it to stop squeeking as the engine shifts. I never replaced mine
because of those damn spring clips and the gasket is like $40.

--Nate

"Gary, Orlando" wrote:

> The donut seal ring is a hard ceramic and 'asbestos(fibreglass?)' type
> gasket. If the original was in good shape, then you should have no
> reason to fear about leakage. I believe it is more for a moveable,
> rotatable seal than actual irregularity conformation.
>
> -Gary, Orlando
>
> On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 12:33, Al Stumbaugh wrote:
> /snip...
>
> > wiggling the pipe caused them to seat properly.
> >
> > It was so late and I was so tired I did not
> > replace the conical gasket on the manifold.
> > The one on there looked good and seemed to
> > seat fine on the pipe. Was this a mistake?
>
> snip/
> >
> >
> > Mu two cents!
> >
> > Al
> > -- WebMail
>
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