Bryan,

The flanges on your exhaust manifolds are no longer flat.  This is a fairly
common problem with the Vanagon exhausts.  You have two choices: take off
the exhaust a sand/grind them flat and true; or replace the manifolds.

I suppose you could try filling to gap with muffler putty voodoo stuff, but
I doubt it would last very long.

Cheers,

Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of BJ Feddish
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:54 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Still running like crap, the saga continues , now with
exhaust leak

OK, I've swapped out the AFM with another used one that I had. I cleaned it
up first. I cleaned out the TBH.  I replaced all the vacuum lines and
cleaned up all the connections I could.  I then ran the exhaust check. No
need to blow smoke into the ehaust via the vacuum cleaner method, I could
feel the air coming out of the joint.  I tried to replace both gaskets but
the gap is still there at the connection. See http://tinyurl.com/yw6pnx  and
you will see what I mean. I can't get that gap to close. What should I do?

Thanks,
Bryan