Trouble with G-Bodyparts.com exhaust gasket

[Azrial89]

Has anyone else purchased the expensive copper gasket that goes between the compressor housing and the exhaust elbow and have it fit like absolute garbage? I put it on the only way the holes line up and the ridge on the gasket is way off causing a huge gap and in turn causing a massive leak. Where do I go from here? Did I get.a faulty gasket or am I not seeing something here? Thanks

-Austin

 

[sams86gn]

Mine seemed to fit fine... Maybe it is a faulty gasket?

 

[Boost231]

post some pics. IMOP it cant be a faulty gasket.

 

[Azrial89]

These are some pictures taken from the top

 

[forcefed3.8's]

You don't need a gasket there. The opening in the gasket is most likely for a Q trim wheel, which is larger than the stock housing/elbow.

 

[Azrial89]

Okay, so the mating surfaces alone will supply enough of a seal?

 

[1KWIKSIX]

Okay, so the mating surfaces alone will supply enough of a seal?

As long as they're reasonably flat! You should also put a light smear of a hi temp silicone sealer like Permatex Red Hi temp silicone sealer on it too .

You should be good to go then.

 

[bison]

As long as they're reasonably flat! You should also put a light smear of a hi temp silicone sealer like Permatex Red Hi temp silicone sealer on it too .

You should be good to go then.

The sealing surfaces on that turbo are within .0005. So it's very flat. I never run gaskets on the outlet. I do run rtv on the inlet. If one of the surfaces looks a little crusty on the outlet after running a file over it I'll either re-machine it or use a thin smear or copper rtv also.