lines and gasket

[88shadowpjct]

waiting for a T2 garrett to come in. when i put the car together, i bought braided lines from FWD for the mitsu. can i re-use these with different fittings on the ends? or do i need all new lines?? and where can i get a gasket for the turbo-to-manifold?

[tryingbe]

1. Call Cindy and ask her.
2. There is no gasket between turbo and manifold.

[88shadowpjct]

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Originally Posted by tryingbe 2. There is no gasket between turbo and manifold.

ok thanks i'll call her. i feel like im bugging her i've been calling for the past few days for my computer i ordered. (hopefully be getting it tuesday!! )

seriously? no gasket? just turbo butt right up to the bare manifold? crap im gonna have to find a manifold then. the flange is so chunked up, i found a gasket for some other turbo and trimmed it to fit because it didnt look like it'd seal good enough. the one i have on there is probably not re-usable at this point, so any suggestions on what i can use to make the new turbo seal on the manifold? is there any sort of sealant or anything that would stand up to the heat? or should i try to make another one of these metal crush gaskets?

[impuresoul2k3]

You can use wheel bearing grease to create a carbon seal for the turbo, just let the engine get to operating temp for a little bit before you run it hard. You want the grease to crystalize

[88shadowpjct]

thanks! i'll pick some up soon so i have it on hand. well, so i have it in container....

[tryingbe]

Take your manifold to a machine shop and have them resurface it.

[88shadowpjct]

being on the car, wouldnt that be a pain? or just take both intake and exhaust manifold off to make the turbo swap even easier?
im looking for quickest, cheapest, easiest way here lol its all i have to drive till i get my jeep rear end rebuilt, so when i put the turbo on, i'll be at work till i can drive it home.

[19omni87]

with that grease you want to put a thin layer not too much not too little.

[88jbody]

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Originally Posted by tryingbe Take your manifold to a machine shop and have them resurface it.

x2. and then use grease or a thin coat of muffler cement as a gasket.
I used muffler cement didn't have anyleaks

[moparfwdsleeper]

wheel bearing grease will seal every well
definitely have the manifold resurfaced.

[tryingbe]

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Originally Posted by 88shadowpjct being on the car, wouldnt that be a pain? or just take both intake and exhaust manifold off to make the turbo swap even easier? im looking for quickest, cheapest, easiest way here lol its all i have to drive till i get my jeep rear end rebuilt, so when i put the turbo on, i'll be at work till i can drive it home.

Cheap, fast, reliable, you can only choose two.

I'd rebuild that jeep's rear end first before you swap the turbos.

I'd never put a turbo on to a manifold that I know it not flat, you're just asking for leaks. But if you're not gonna run more than factory boost, I guess you can live with the leak.

[kermit]

You probably could take a file and knock down the ridges and be good. There are copper gaskets made for that too. You would have to drill the one hole though for the Chrysler flange. But if you can spin a drill you can do that.

[speeduphoria]

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Originally Posted by tryingbe 2. There is no gasket between turbo and manifold.

Thats what I said then someone posted a pic which showed a gasket available, I've never used/seen one.

[detobias]

since there is no gasket there, both the turbo turbine housing flange and the exhaust manifold flange must be FLAT otherwise they will not seal and exhaust gas wWILL leak there DAMHIK lol

for my exh mani I pulled the 4 studs then ran it on a big floor mounted drum/disk sander - it took a while ! but the two flanges were flat and sealed real nice with a moderate coating of wheel bearing grease