Exhaust Leak Advice

I have a 1996 4Runner. It has developed an exhaust leak after the cat where
the muffler pipe is joined to the cat. It looks like the flanges that join
the two tubes together have separated a bit (from rust) and this is where I
can feel exhaust gases coming from. Is this an easy repair if I was to take
the truck to an exhaust shop? Or should I just have someone weld the two
flanges together? I'm interested in some advice on how I should have this
fixed.....and also what a repair like this should roughly cost...
TIA

On 2005-04-18, Chad G <chadg42@sympatico.ca> wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a 1996 4Runner. It has developed an exhaust leak after the cat where
> the muffler pipe is joined to the cat. It looks like the flanges that join
> the two tubes together have separated a bit (from rust) and this is where I
> can feel exhaust gases coming from. Is this an easy repair if I was to take
> the truck to an exhaust shop? Or should I just have someone weld the two
> flanges together? I'm interested in some advice on how I should have this
> fixed.....and also what a repair like this should roughly cost...
> TIA[/color]

You should be able to get the bolts and gasket for under $5. It took me
about 10 minutes on the wife's 1993.

A home jobbie that one. Spray some WD40/CRC on the bolts the night before
and pull the join apart. File the faces flat and put in new gasket and some
gasket goo. Tighten up and job done. $10 max.

"Chad G" <chadg42@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:BE891F2C.21A74%chadg42@sympatico.ca...[color=blue]
>I have a 1996 4Runner. It has developed an exhaust leak after the cat
>where
> the muffler pipe is joined to the cat. It looks like the flanges that
> join
> the two tubes together have separated a bit (from rust) and this is where
> I
> can feel exhaust gases coming from. Is this an easy repair if I was to
> take
> the truck to an exhaust shop? Or should I just have someone weld the two
> flanges together? I'm interested in some advice on how I should have this
> fixed.....and also what a repair like this should roughly cost...
> TIA
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