exhaust gasket help scion tC

[sky]

Hey guys, so my vehicle needed the exhaust replaced as it was rusted pretty through. I ordered a new exhaust and figured why not order a new gasket as well from the center pipe to the exhaust. Should be easy, 2 bolts... but the gasket the dealer gave me was like this..

new gasket

the old gasket seems like a wire mesh like scotchbrite material and looks more like this...

currently on there

I called 2/3 dealerships and I looked online and it calls out this part. Will this fit? The old gasket is pretty much melted on and messed up. I don't want to scrape and grind the old gasket off if the new one doesn't fit...

Thanks

 

[LeakySeals]

Why not just buy the gasket from one of the dealerships you called? Can't be that expensive.

 

[sky]

i did, they gave me the first one. on my car i see the second...

 

[bepperb]

I had to replace that on our highlander, from the exhaust manifold/cat to the exhaust pipe up front by the radiator. Same engine, one year off of yours. I was able to get the old one off (which was like your original, I would describe as steel wool with solder melted into it) with a flathead screwdriver. My new one was like my old one. The original was in good enough shape after I pried it off that I could have brought it to a dealer and showed it to them.

There was some difficulty in finding the correct part on RockAuto but I was able to. I assume that the new one you have is for further down the exhaust pipe, I doubt it will work.

I had to replace mine as it had worn and was making a metal on metal clank which was worth 10 bucks for me to fix. If I were you I would return that inocorrect part and just use the original.

EDIT: mine was AP Exhaust 9216

Go here, click Info and I think that will help.

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php?carcode=1434114&parttype=5828

 

[bdcardinal]

Could be an updated part number? Is it for the same location? I have not seen a TC up in the air, but you usually see that type of wire mesh gasket on the end of a manicat before it goes into a down pipe or downstream cat.

 

[sky]

all set, went to autozone and they had the mesh, I took off the old one (took 90 minutes or so to chisel that sucker off). Put the new one back on.

 

[morris]

some times it helps to tighten the bolts on the manifold only 70-80 % of full tightening, for 5-6 heat cycles, then finish tightening. it worked on my small block chryslers.