Author Topic: Turbo flange gasket (Read 7304 times)

boxer246 · « **on:** February 23, 2008, 12:23:53 pm »

WHat kind of gasket is supposed to be between the exhaust manifold and turbo? THis is for a 1.6TD with Garrett T3. I never saw one, and havent seen any for sale anywhere.

dillenger1 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2008, 03:47:05 pm »

Ive heard you dont need one.I may be wrong

subsonic · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2008, 06:16:24 pm »

Perfectly flat on both surfaces, you should be good to go.

burn_your_money · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2008, 09:32:42 pm »

I have one of the gaskets, still in the packaging if you are interested.

Baselyne · « **Reply #4 on:** February 24, 2008, 01:16:26 am »

There wasnt one on mine when I removed it....manifold to turbo

hillfolk'r · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2008, 06:43:34 am »

Quote from: "libbybapa"

Use a light smear of Permatex Ultra Copper and it will seal fine even if it's slightly out of flat.

Andrew

yup,stuff is awesome!! i swear by it,not at it :lol:
also if ya wanted,ive done this on my latest turbo setup
hit your local metal supplier and get a little scrap sheet of .060(approx)
copper
i gave the guy like 3 dollars for it
then i traced and cut with a dremel
i made 2 gaskets,1 between the manifold and adapter
and 1 between the adapter+turbo

if stupid imageshack wasnt down,id post a pic :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Baselyne · « **Reply #6 on:** March 11, 2008, 10:09:47 am »

that's a good idea... Where do you buy these oem ones? Dealer?

Benjamin · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2008, 10:52:41 am »

i dont use gaskets becouse most of the cars i see its original without.

i ever go to an Audi garage wich do had this original equiped, after i asked it they searched for it, and told me they dont use it anymore becouse without is also good enough

Greetz, Benjamin

Baselyne · « **Reply #8 on:** March 11, 2008, 10:54:40 am »

nice to know...How would one ever know if all the ones they took off didnt have them...

Quantum TD · « **Reply #9 on:** March 11, 2008, 12:56:24 pm »

Quote from: "Baselyne"

that's a good idea... Where do you buy these oem ones? Dealer?

I dont' see any gasket listed in the ETKA for either the MK 1 or 2. I don't think VW ever had one.

You might try prothe. In a similar manner, no gasket was specified for the MK 3 TDI, but I see he carries a gasket that works.

jtanguay · « **Reply #10 on:** March 11, 2008, 01:09:12 pm »

i'm getting an exhaust leak from somewhere... i'm not too eager to find out where, but it feels like i have a laggy turbo

i would recommend using a gasket unless you machine both surfaces real nice and flat... but even then stuff can happen. if you lose that precious exhaust gas to a leak, you will lose performance, and the inside of your car will be smelly :lol:

boxer246 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 12, 2008, 01:26:14 pm »

I noticed, right before I put my turbo on the manifold, that the manifold flange was not flat....at all. I put a machinists straight edge on it and (without using feeler gauges) I would guess it was about 10 thousandths warped. I filed it till it was perfectly flat again so It would make a good seal with the turbo. Then I used a very small amount of ultra copper, like someone mentioned and the turbo sealed up perfect.

So if you have a leak, I would start to check here. Ten thousandths is enough for a leak.

burn_your_money · « **Reply #12 on:** March 12, 2008, 06:33:09 pm »

I have a seen a couple on TDs, probably about 50/50

Baselyne · « **Reply #13 on:** March 13, 2008, 08:09:20 am »

sounds like without it were asking for a leak
It's wild that 50% of them had and others didnt

Baselyne · « **Reply #14 on:** March 17, 2008, 03:36:52 pm »

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