Exhaust Related Question

T4RFool

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I recently removed my front catalytic converter. There seems to be some sort of gasket that was sandwiched between the front and rear cat. It was rusted really bad and needs replaced. Does anybody know what that particular gasket is called? I have been looking around and couldn't figure out for sure which gasket it is. Also, is there supposed to be gasket between the headers and the front cat? Any help would be much appreciated.
 
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You can buy the gaskets from pretty much any of the big name parts houses. Auto zone, orilleys, and the like. Unfortunately, their websites seemed to have been written by monkeys and getting your hands on the right gasket proves to be quite a challenge. They are marked either not at all for location, just size, or are marked inconsistently. I have been trying to fix an exhaust leak I have for quite some time now. But have ordered the wrong gasket twice. I'm still not sure which one is the right one, and have almost given up.

But anyway, parts houses have them. Also, if you have a decent muffler shop you could get to, they may have some.(kind of a longshot--especially in Bum **** Iowa)

One more option is to just weld up the flanges, certainly not the best way to do it, but would work.

As far as a gasket after the collector, pre-cat, I'm not positive there is one. But, I would be inclined to think there was.
 
Yeah, I didn't think I saw a gasket pre-cat. I thought I'd ask anyway. I was looking on rockauto.com for the gasket but there are 2 different categories for exhaust gaskets and they all don't have encouraging descriptions.
 
Yes, there are gaskets in the front and back of the cat.
Here is a picture from Walker Exhaust with their part numbers. Stop by a place that sells Walker Exhaust and they should have them or can get them.
Front gasket: 31549
After front cat: 31374
After Second cat: 31384

Also when I did my gaskets on my truck, I used this stuff Ultra high temp RTV. I used it on both flanges of the joint I was trying to seal because I blew out a few gaskets without using that stuff.
 

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