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 Re-using gaskets..a little advice needed plz
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Mon, 04 October 2004 04:24
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Just wanted to know has anyone reused their gaskets. I pulled the intake manifold of and the turbo manifold along with the TPS and plan on re-using the gasket with some gasket silent. I would get new gaskets but I have to wait 8 weeks from Japan. Just want to know has anyone done this before and experience any trouble with doing so. The gaskets are not damaged when i pulled them off. Or has anyone got better idea. Can't use gasket paper on the manifold cause of the design but i will use it on the TPS and turbos..
Unless someone has some for sale on the forum???
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cambo
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May 2002
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Re: Re-using gaskets..a little advice needed plz
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Mon, 04 October 2004 08:25
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what part of the design prevents you from making one out of gasket paper?
you can reuse gaskets, just put a thin film of silastic on it. preferably some better quality stuff like permatex blue or whatever it is.
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Bundaberg, Qld.
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May 2002
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Re: Re-using gaskets..a little advice needed plz
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Mon, 04 October 2004 10:28
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Hylomar spray dude for your paper gaskets, best stuff out there. i have even re-used a headgasket on a 4agte with the stuff. 
for your exhaust/turbo gaskets use Copper Maxx (Ultra Copper), i dont even have a gasket between my manifold-turbo-dump pipe-exhaust flanges, just the Copper Maxx.
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On your mum!
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May 2002
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Re: Re-using gaskets..a little advice needed plz
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Mon, 04 October 2004 11:36
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There are new gaskets out there I am sure (try Stewart Wilkins Rally in Sydney).
Re-using gaskets is fine - as per above comments.
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: Re-using gaskets..a little advice needed plz
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Mon, 04 October 2004 12:07
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| feral4mr2 wrote on Mon, 04 October 2004 20:28 |
for your exhaust/turbo gaskets use Copper Maxx (Ultra Copper), i dont even have a gasket between my manifold-turbo-dump pipe-exhaust flanges, just the Copper Maxx.
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that copper stuff is pretty sturdy stuff - despite getting the entire exhaust manifold red hot on the 18R, the coppermaxx was still there when i pulled the turbo off the manifold ... it was mostly a fine reddish poweredy crap but at least it hung around unlike the manifold-to-head gasket.
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tallahassee FL usOFa
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May 2002
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Re: Re-using gaskets..a little advice needed plz
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Mon, 04 October 2004 13:05
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there isn't much chance of re-use if any kind of cement/sealant has been used on them previously, so if you want or might need a third "use" out of them, i wouldn't use the goop.
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Canberra, ACT
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September 2002
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Re: Re-using gaskets..a little advice needed plz
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Mon, 04 October 2004 15:55
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I've reused gaskets in Aisan carbs without troubles. It sure would suck buying a new gasket every time you changed a jet
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: Re-using gaskets..a little advice needed plz
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Mon, 04 October 2004 15:58
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| allencr wrote on Mon, 04 October 2004 23:05 |
there isn't much chance of re-use if any kind of cement/sealant has been used on them previously, so if you want or might need a third "use" out of them, i wouldn't use the goop.
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i find using silicon sealants (red, grey, etc) on manifold-to-head gaskets makes them come off much easier and in one piece. not sure i'd reuse them, but i could if i needed to..
it does make it much easier to clean the mating surfaces too.
Cya, Stewart
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