Where To Find Coper Washers For Turbo Water Pipes

[r3225t]

Hey guys does anyone know where i can get the 2 (1 big 1 small) coper washers for the turbo water pipes (rb20) anywhere in melbourne? ive found some that have a slightly bigger ID but they leak like a siv

[tridentt150v]

Why don't you just anneal the old ones and re-use them??? Too easy [if you've got them that is].

[r3225t]

anneal?? i did but they leak cos theyve already been squashed down

[BHDave]

pirtek, enzed, basically any hydraulic specialist will stock them

[discopotato03]

Sometimes auto bits outlets and Hardware stores carry this kind of thing .

Cheers A .

[predator]

yeah, they've often not a shelf product - but they've usually got them in like a little box under the counter if you ask, and you can find which one suits.

[paulr33]

nissan have them

[tridentt150v]

anneal?? i did but they leak cos theyve already been squashed down

Anneal=use a gas torch [or your mums gas stove], dangle the copper washer on a bit of thin tie wire, let it get cherry red with the heat, then dunk it in a cup of cold water. This process softens the copper and restores its sealing properties. A metalurgist will tell you that the heating and rapid cooling re-aligns the crystal structure in the metal.

It is [very] good practiser to do this with all copper washers/gaskets before using them, even new ones should be done. The manufacture processes [metal rollers and metal stamps] tend to work harden the metal. Added to this the washers could have been bumped around when shipped out to the warehouse where they laid around for months in the atmosphere absorbing oxygen etc which also adds to the hardness/brittleness. Annealing fixes all this up. Older cars and motorcycles [pre 1960's] regularly used copper head gaskets, manifold gaskets, washers etc, these gaskets were annealed and used again and again with every rebuild and worked fine.

[siksII]

just get them from nissan spare parts. i had trouble finding them anywhere else in sydney in the exact right size.

[r3225t]

awesome cheers guys im sure ill sort something from all those answers.

[Cameron_Datto]

awesome cheers guys im sure ill sort something from all those answers.

Look up your local "Wurth' Rep

[silver gts-t]

yeh nissan, they're like 50c