Paper gasket for turbo->manifold
07-22-04, 05:53 PM
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Paper gasket for turbo->manifold
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?
07-22-04, 06:05 PM
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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
and those parts get REAL hot ...
if thats the case i wouldnt do it .... paper, and high heat usually = smoke, and flame
07-22-04, 06:42 PM
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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.
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.
07-22-04, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by scathcart
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.
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.
