Fitting Rebuilt Turbo To M35 - Parts Required?

[GlennM35]

My rebuilt turbo should be arriving from Hypergear sometime next week and I've just called my mates who removed the busted turbo to organise a time to refit it. They're still taking my calls which is a good sign!

My friends told me to source some replacement gaskets for the intake/turbo/dump/exhaust, but some ebay and google searching hasn't turned up anything for me unfortunately.

This is the second turbo replacement on my M35 (this one is due to oil starvation - totally my fault) but I can't remember the first replacement requiring any new gaskets...

So my question is do I need new gaskets and if so how/where do I get them?

Thanks!

Glenn

[Equilibrise]

Hi Glen,

These gaskets are not always replaced, although it is a good idea to ensure no leaks. The turbo manifold gasket and dump gasket can be purchased from any performance parts shop or ebay, or if you are lucky, a part shop like Auto One. Take your old one with you - its just easier - and the turbo manifold is a T3 flange gasket I think, and the dump is a common one for Nissans. All of the above are available on ebay and on google search...just don't use the word "stagea" or "m35" in your search. The intake gaskets come from Nissan, however, I just used rtv silicone on both sides of my old gasket - intake only. Good luck

[GlennM35]

Awesome, thanks for the info Adam!

[scotty nm35]

Hi Glen,

These gaskets are not always replaced, although it is a good idea to ensure no leaks. The turbo manifold gasket and dump gasket can be purchased from any performance parts shop or ebay, or if you are lucky, a part shop like Auto One. Take your old one with you - its just easier - and the turbo manifold is a T3 flange gasket I think, and the dump is a common one for Nissans. All of the above are available on ebay and on google search...just don't use the word "stagea" or "m35" in your search. The intake gaskets come from Nissan, however, I just used rtv silicone on both sides of my old gasket - intake only. Good luck

No need for silicone, the old gaskets will seal up fine.

If you want to replace the T3 manifold gasket, make sure you get OEM or similar, as the thin ones on Ebay are crap. Get it from Autobarn, as they sell OEM style Permaseal MLS.

The dump gasket is not at all similar to anything, only the two VQ turbo's. I usually don't need to change these unless it was damaged in some way during disassembly.