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Posted by toby (more from toby) on Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:40:48
In Reply to: Re: Anti-seize?, BillJ, Thu, 6 Sep 2001 03:38:16
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these sort of partial ball joints are on the exhaust of my Lotus. I've found them very good as they allow a lot of alignment adjustment and still seal reliably. (give lotus design/manufacturing tolerences this is essential!)
HOWEVER, the lotus joints are all solid "ball" ends(cast/machined like your turbo) on one side and flared steel pipe on the other side. I think the pipe will distort to fit when tightened so it can seal properly. Obviously the Saab manifold will not distort easily so it has to fit perfectly to start with!
Anyway, enough rambling on about lotus exhausts, this doesn't help you!
I'd have thought you must either have a problem with alignment or a distorted manifold or turbo face. If both parts are out of the car you could try using engineers blue to determine where the high spots are and then carefully grinding them back. I have also found in the past (leaking manifold on a Dolomite) that you can sometimes detect where leaks and/or high spots are by looking for marking/discolouration of the joint surface after diss-assembly. This might be possible in situ but you will need very good light. Of course if you aren't careful you could end up with a scrap manifold so proceed with caution!
Lastly, you might be able to bodge a gasket by cutting up an old manifold gasket but I'd do this as a last resort!
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