Exhurst Manifold To Turbo Gasket

[CrAzY-BoY]

2 Weekends ago, i blew my exhurst to turbo manifold gasket. when i had a look the 2 nuts on the right of the turbo were loose, so i know how the gasket went.

I rang a parts supplier and they didnt stock the gasket so my boss just told me to make one, since he already had exhurst manifold paper. Should i have used gasket gue or something like that?

got it all fixed up on wednesday, and by saturday it was gone again. just wondering if normal exhurst paper would be ok on my R33.

yesterday i just drove around to an exhurst place to see if they had a proper gasket and they didnt so i asked him for a quote, he said that the exhurst manifold would prob be warped. so it would all need to be machined... does that sound rite?

Thanks in advance

Wayne

[Mr_G]

I picked up the gasket that goes between the turbo and manifold for $42 from justjap in Syd... Nissan sell for the same price.

You should speak to GCG though as they quoted me $15 for one of their gaskets.

[predator]

...may as well use tinfoil

[Cubes]

I've been pretty lucky.. Almost 200,000km's (130,000km's I've done) on the same manifold -> turbo gasket.

[WetGTR]

Get the proper gasket. Should fix the problem. You can't use cheap crap here, just won't work.

It is possible to warp it but I don't think this has happened in your situation.

Sealent will not help much - too hot - even more reason to get the proper gasket.

[CrAzY-BoY]

Thanks for all the advice so far, so you recon i should just go to nissan and get a genuine gasket and try again?

[WetGTR]

Either Nissan or GCG Turbo's.

As long as it's a quality item and not that cheap stuff.

Edited October 25, 2005 by WetGTR

[CrAzY-BoY]

awesome...

is there any tip/things i should do when i change it this time?

[predator]

As long as it's a quality item and not that cheap stuff.

I wouldn't say the gcg ones looked that good... about 1/3 the thickness of the genuine nissan copper ones. Its almost paper thin.

I bought one and never bothered using it when I compared it to the proper nissan one... even if it was 100k old..

[Mumbo#5]

the proper nissan one i got with my rebuild kit (from japan) was extremely thick and looked very well built. But nor have I seen the one from GCG

[WetGTR]

Always thought that GCG produced good products, but maybe not in this case.

Play it safe - go the Nissan.

Not complicated to install, just put in place and bolt her up.

Maybe some lock tight on the nuts so they don't come loose.

Edited October 25, 2005 by WetGTR

[Abo Bob]

I use the GCG one. It works fine. At least it's metal and not cardboard.

[CrAzY-BoY]

awesome, thanks guys. i think i might just go get a nissan gasket. a tad more expensive but hey i dont really wanna do it again for a long while

[r33_racer]

Heres a trick, get some proper exhaust lock nuts. If the ones on there are coming loose, then they are not doing their job.

I reused my old genuine gasket, the steel folded one that came of the factory mani. More times then not ive found that the nuts are incorrect and if it comes even slightly loose the gasket has no chance.

Is it an a/m mani?

[CrAzY-BoY]

na the car is pretty much stock, but the manifold has 2 metal brackets, each one is used to lock 2 nuts, but the side that came loose wasnt bent far enough to lock em.

[r33_racer]

goto a bolt and nut store and grab ya self four exhaust lock nuts to suit the studs and you wont have anymore loose nuts.

[JaseR33]

i had the same problem. i bought a gasket from hardcore then realised it was much thinner than the nissan item so returned it and got 1 from nissan. from memory it was under $40. Didn't change nuts...just bolted up as tight as possible and hammered the brackets as close as possible to the nuts. I hope it lasts as it was a hassle to change.