Kawasaki Bayou 300 exhaust header gasket
 

I have a 2001 Kawasaki Bayou 300 2x4, trying to figure out a situation with the cylinder exhaust tube
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There is a small gap, trying to see if there should be one, I took the exhaust off and now doesn’t seem to be flush want to be sure no exhaust leak
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