hey guys. well i just notice a small rumble comming from out of the flange behind the wheel on my exhaust. I grab a wrench and tighted it as tight as i could but it wouldnt get any tighter. what could cause the leak? if i get close to it i can hear it comming out of the flange. its getting on my nerves.

 

It's probably a gasket. Replace it.

 

If you used the supplied gasket, I'm pretty sure that's your problem. I burned through mine after a year.

 

remove the gasket and any remaining pieces and use permatex red to seal it up.

 

didn't you just put that in there sean? i wouldn't think the gaskets would go that fast unless you used the stock ones.

 

quick question. just put on my cattman ss y pipe. Theres a kind of annoying rumble below 2300rpm while driving. Is this normal? I thought cattmans were almost stock.

 

ya i just got it a few months ago. i cant figure it out. it also hangs a tad low. i dont mind it hangin low but the rumble is pissing me off. where can i get permatex red?

is it possible to put it the gasket on backwards?

 

Another alternative is buying gaskets from the dealer, they're cheap enough.

 

My gasket there has blown out three times on my SP2 and I haven't had it a year yet.

 

what types of gaskets are you all using?

 

OEM baby!!

 

Genuine Nissan.

 

i have a question about gaskets. sorta.
well i replaced my y pipe and where it connects to the cat the stock gasket was like 3 thin sheets of metal in the shape of the gasket i replaced it with which had a sort of papery texture and was thicker with a metal ring inside it.
well i had been getting this real high pitch rasp as high high rpm and i thought it was that gasket.
i went to autozone and the guy told me those thin sheet looking things was actually a spacer.....so i put that back in. the "BUDGET" gasket was burnt up.
i still have the rasp.
i dont feel like there is a good seal around any of my connections even with the gaskets in there.
so is the metal gasket really a spacer?
also, what are you guys doing about your sp2 burning your bumper at the tip of the exhaust?

 

are you using the permatex red? did you leave in the old gasket or no? i just want the annoy rasp to go away.

 

same here.
i'm going to check out that sealant yall are talking about.

 

Solution: weld it. I have all genuine nissan gaskets... cost me a bit more, but worth it. I have no raspy tone at high rpm's. As for your burning bumper... I have never heard of that in a '95-'96.