Alright, obviously we are not talking about a perminant thing here but basically the postal service neglected to tell me that change of addresses take 10 days to ship mail to you when I explained that I need my mail ASAP and I'm pretty much waiting on the turbo to manifold gasket which was shipped to the wrong address. Can I make a gasket out of gasket paper to last me say a week of driving without having it just burn up in about 5 minutes? Is there a better way of doing it? Maybe just high temp RTV and making the surfances smooth?

 

that gasket is metal if i remember right

and those parts get REAL hot ...

if thats the case i wouldnt do it .... paper, and high heat usually = smoke, and flame

 

no the paper is not a good idea.

 

Is this honestly a serious question?

If you want to make your own gasket, then do it right. Its not hard, nor expensive. Buy a sheet of copper, and cut it out to match the flange. Use a die grinder, drill, tin snips, whatever. Now you have a gasket that will not ctach on fire after 2 minutes, is completely reusable, safe, cheap, and will actually seal. It can't cost you more than $5 to make and an hour of your time.

 

It was a serious question on the basis that gasket paper is made for some high heat apps and doesn't burn super easy. The reason I asked was because I have gasket paper sitting here and I only need it for about a week. I know it's not a great idea but at the same time I bet there is not a far off chance that a paper gasket could last that long if you made it using gasket paper. I thought I made it pretty clear that I didn't expect this to be perminant and that it was just an idea.

 

the exhaust manifold is consantly filled with FIRE.

if whatever you are using can withstand being in fire without cathing on fire, then go for it.

 

rubberized fiber material.

 

A paper gasket will last minutes at the most.

 

An 8 x 10 sheet of 20 to 28 Ga copper. Better - faster - stronger..

For a short term temporary gasket - aluminum..