c.fogarty

Out Sat' a'noon for a blast & come off a roundabout behind two lads in an Evo, both go for it up the bypass. Up his arse the whole way, hit 5th pull out, get upsides & inching past @ an indicated 145mph when bang from under the bonnet, ease off and after pulling into the BP garage finding just a blown gasket between turbo & exhaust manifold .......

Need a new one pronto to make the most of the dry weather, and the new kid in my Ford dealer ain't got a scooby what he's doing...

So anyone know the finis code for the Turbo/Manifold gasket???

Any help appreciated
Cheers

Karlos G

iTrader: (4)

There was no turbo to manifold gasket from new, it was a metal to metal seal!
But you can buy them from ebay mate for about £8 thats whre i got my last one from.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COMETIC-GARRET...d=p3286.c0.m14

c.fogarty

Cheers mate

was a Cometic one I blew... cant believe there was no Gasket as standard, is it the norm' to run 'em without a gasket???

orion_crazy_carl

iTrader: (3)

same as cossie 2wd manifolds,no gasket,if both areas are totally flat theres no need for 1,i wouldnt put one 1 in again

Karlos G

iTrader: (4)

yeah but you will have to have the surfaces checked and skimmed if you dont want to fit one.

I use one of these cheapy ones and had no problems running 15psi for the last 18months on my old engine.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Garrett-T3-T34...d=p3286.c0.m14

©hatter Box

ford never made them with one dont need it as the metal heats up it will seal it self

Chris69

Get a better one off of burton power- has a section that compresses and creates a good seal- seam to work fine everytime i've fitted one
the one i fitted looks more substantial than both them off ebay as well

c.fogarty

Thanx for all the replies guys

©hatter Box

just take it off and be done with out one more trouble then there worth imo

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

I've never run a gasket on mine.

RSTurboSI

iTrader: (1)

Nor have i! never any problem's when on the limter or past 145mph on track!

Micky

That track must have had some straight!!!LOL Regards,Micky

Karlos G

iTrader: (4)

PMSL!!

addiction

As already said, no need for a gasket in there at all!!
and what was indicating your speed at 145?? certainly not your standard clocks!!

steven botes

unless you remove both manifold and turbo and then strip the turbo to send the turbine housing and the manifold for skimming to get both surfaces absolutely smooth , no gasket will not work

what i do is smooth both faces as best i can with some sandpaper and then use a garret metal gasket with a smear of Fire Gum both sides. allow it to skin for a couple of hours , then start the car without touching the throttle and use the heat of the xaust gas to harden it

Turbo-Beal

What i would do is find a piece of tough glass and glue a seet of emery to the surface. Then i would sand the face until smooth remembering to regulary changing the direction you are sanding to keep it flat and uniform. It takes a while but it works a treat