That makes perfect sense. Excellent explanation. Now that I had them in
wrong direction it is not going to be easy to reverse them. I will just
let them be there as they are now. Those gaskets serve a very good purpose
for making the noisy engine quieter. My engine sounds much better than
before the rebuild.

Thanks a lot, Dennis.

David

--- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> The pipe will get much hotter than the head, sometimes glowing red. I also
> red somewhere that is the proper direction. The next question is which way
> to put the gasket on the connection to that cast iron manifold. Not sure
> if it is correct but I still put the metal side to the pipe flange.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> David Kao
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 7:14 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 3 really easy exhaust questions.
>
> --- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > Answers below!
> >   1)       The gasket I got at the dealer has one metal side and the
> other
> > side is gasket material.  Which side goes against the engine and which
> is
> > toward the exhaust pipe?
> > Metal side to pipe!
>
> Dennis, this is the question I always had in mind and have no answers.
> Can you explain why metal side to the pipe? I had mine reversed. I put
> metal side on the cylinder head side. I did it with no reason.
>
> David
>
>
>
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