Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

I noticed after bolting my manifold and turbo together that Ive got a small gap. I can slide a metal scale in there and that measures .016 on the vernier, real tight in some spots but I can get it through

Now I know a lot of ---- obviously isnt always true but is .015-.020 thou to much and will just leak like a mother fucker?

Its to cold for me to want to take it apart and get it remilled plus Id be weary of my turbo being milled

Do you guys think it will leak? Will exhaust carbon plug it up right away?

Anyquick fixes? High temp sealnt that I can kinda line in there to fill the small gap?

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

try a gasket. other than the thin ass ones. i have one its a ssauto one but its thick as hel and works awesome. ill ship it to you monday

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

its this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/T3-Ga...spagenameZWDVW

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

I dont wanna have any gaskets with this setup though

Do you think a .020 gap will just leak uncontrollably and not plug up with carbon

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

you will have problems spooling the turbo if you have a leak there buddy. just take the ------- gasket and put it on, dont be lazy

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

i dont want to have to rely on a gasket that Ive seen blow out on many people many times though

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

Take your manifold and turbo flange, and put them to the side of the chop saw. This will flatten both of them out.

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

I have done this lots, works good if you have a steady hand, just do some turn 90 deg do some more turn because .018" + will leak like a dirty ----.

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

I guess I'll be making a gasket out of sheet metal maybe

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

just make sure the gasket is metal, I paid 5 bucks locally for a metal t3 gasket

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

Tinfoil? I wanna do this tonight so I can get it all installed

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

why dont you take it to a get resurfaced at a machine shop

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

On the JYTurbo mailing list, you either use a belt sander, or a block of wood with sandpaper stapled to it. Takes 30 seconds to five minutes depending on which method you go with.

Or you can drive fifteen minutes across town to drop it off, then back another 15 minutes later on and shell out $20+.

Your call, but the solution is ------- obvious.

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

Im gonna take it apart later on and use a flat file, should take to long. I doubt I could get it perfect though so I would like to throw a 2 layer tinfoil gasket in there, that will definetely work right? just a tight seal, its metal and itll be squished to ----

I dont want to give a generic shop my turbo (which i would have to drive out of town for) and trust them not to get anything inside of the turbo internally itself

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

I own a belt 4x36 belt sander now incase of such issues!

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

Put the god damn thing against the side of the chop saw blade. 4.7 seconds later, your problem is solved. >:D

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

Anyone else think that using tinfoil is ridiculous? I'm pretty sure it would just disintegrate or something-- put tinfoil in a fire, i'm pretty sure it just gets all thin and crumbly, and if you're worried about ---- going through your turbo, it would probably be tinfoil going through it if you use it. If you don't have a chop saw or a belt sander, just buy some sweet ass sandpaper for like $2.00 and wrap it around a wood block and go to town. And why not use a gasket? They come stock on your car and i don't recall anyone complaining that their gasket failed? You can get one brand new for under $20, or just use your old one over

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

tin foil is retarded


everyone and their mother uses gaskets. ive never seen one bllow out.

this thread is rediculous.

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

I've seen a number of those perforated metal foil SSAC homo-gaskets blow out. I also see more turbo Honduhs that you do, hottits.

Either run no gasket, or run one of the bling-zilla MLS gaskets.

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

you guys are retarded, the t3 gasket will not blow out if installed correctly.

you guys are making a production out of a stupid question and a even simpler answer.

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

I would never run without a gasket. Just get one from LSDmotorsports.

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

I'm with hotrex, and I'd like to see video of the retard that sits sanding cast iron with sand paper and a block of wood.

NICE!

Re: Warped Turbo Flange - Will It Leak? High Temp Sealant? bah
 

hahah me too