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Exhaust Gurus Needed! Question about Cat repair... 200

posted by  Swedespeed240 on  Mon Feb 27 04:02 CST 2006
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Hey all,

After an easy winter so far, it's been rough as of late here in New England. That said, I've developed a leak in the exhaust right where the header pipe meets the catalytic converter flange. It appears that there is a "gap" (around 1/2 inch?) between the 2. Whatever gasket previously sealed these two has been all but destroyed, unless you consider rust to be a gasket.

What im getting at is how should I go about replacing the gasket? Should I just try to buy the triangular 3-bolt gasket from FCP, or is it some donut gasket that I can't seem to find? I'm planning on removing and replacing the 3 bolts, as well (hopefully with stainless ones, if possible.)

Just for the record, my cat has the O2 sensor in it, thus a leak before the cat is negatively affecting the O2 readings.

Any input will help!

Thanks much,

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