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General Information => General => Topic started by: boxer246 on February 23, 2008, 12:23:53 pm

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: 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.

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: dillenger1 on February 23, 2008, 03:47:05 pm

Ive heard you dont need one.I may be wrong

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: subsonic on February 23, 2008, 06:16:24 pm

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

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: burn_your_money on February 23, 2008, 09:32:42 pm

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

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: Baselyne on February 24, 2008, 01:16:26 am

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

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: hillfolk'r 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:

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: Baselyne on March 11, 2008, 10:09:47 am

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

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: Benjamin 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

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: Baselyne 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...

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: Quantum TD 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.

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: jtanguay 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:

Title: leak
Post by: boxer246 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.

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: burn_your_money on March 12, 2008, 06:33:09 pm

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

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: Baselyne 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

Title: Turbo flange gasket
Post by: Baselyne on March 17, 2008, 03:36:52 pm

Altrom.......PN# 893253115 center pipe gasket 14th item from the top

click here (http://www.altrom.com/cdn/partscatalog/partsDetails.aspx?CarMakeCode=VW&CarMakeName=VOLKSWAGEN&CarModel=GOL09&CarModelName=GOLF+3+TURBO+DIESEL&CarComp=Exhaust&CarCompValue=1600)