I just did a headgasket job on my 99 obw. Recently, i was under the car looking for a rattle ( i seem to always be under the car looking for a rattle) when i noticed the exhaust gaskets(y pipe to engine) spitting out moisture. Funny, i cant feel , see or hear a leak but little bubbles of moisture are coming out on cold start.

The pipes and heads were clean and straight when i reassembled them and i installed new studs and bolts. This was, however, the only gasket that was non oem. They just seemed to vanish. I know i ordered them. Anyway, I went to autozone and picked up a set of fel pro. Could that be the problem? Do you think doubling the gasket might work?

Speaking of rattles.... I read a post somewhere, i forget where, that said the y pipe actually acts as a tuning fork for engine noises. It said if you remove the heat shields and wrap the pipes in header wrap you can cut down engine noise considerably. Anyone hear of this or try this? Sounds like a waste of money.