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To make sure, you are talking about the junction of the output of the exhaust manifold to the intake of the turbo? This is a flat metal gasket, also some have used a gasket that is a waffle construction and has some give to it. I am not a proponent of those as they seem to blow out and leak. Basically you have to take all four of the blots out and slip a replacement gasket in, and replace the bolts. A little more work that it sounds in the write up, what isn't right?
Issues are that the bolts usually are somewhat rusty and have gotten cooked enough that they are reluctant to come apart, so, Justin's fav PB blaster done on 2 or 3 nights in a row, in generous amounts after the car has cooled off for the day, will help. Some times the sizes of the bolts or nuts seems really odd. Some are all 17mm, some a mixture of 17, 18 and even 16mm. It's been my experience that having wrenchs that mimic Snapon is helpful. My Craftsman seem too thick to manuver on some of them. Six point is a must until they break loose. Other than that it's just remove the bolts swap the gasket replace the bolts. Suggest you put antiseize on the bolts. If you reuse the bolt/nuts and and they are rusty crusty... I like to put LIME AWAY in a 50/50 mix with distilled water (yes... distilled) in a plastic container (butter tub works - I can't believe you guys think this crap is butter...) and put the hardware in, and shake it once in a while (hourly or something) until you go to sleep. and then in the morning shake some more (be careful it doesn't slosh out, it's nasty stuff to get anywhere... really) pour it out in the toliet as it will take the shine off the metal stopper stuff in the sink and then run more water over it in the sink, fill the plastic container 1/3 of so with water and shake shake shake. The drain and flush with water. Finish with a WD-40 or PB Blaster shower and you are ready to use them.
, Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:58:28
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