Turbo Exhaust Gasket

Loud isn’t always good noise always means trouble, especially if the noise is coming from somewhere around the turbo and exhaust manifold comes from your car’s exhaust system. Chances are, there’s an exhaust leak has sprung in one or more of the exhaust parts. The hot gas rushing out of a small opening can make said noise a racket.

One exhaust part you should regularly check is the turbo exhaust gasket. This gasket is responsible for make sure that exhaust gases don’t leak out on their way to the turbocharger compressor. Once compressed, the exhaust gases are fed go to the intake manifold to increase the volume of the engine’s intake air intake.

Each time boost pressure builds up, resulting in horsepower loss. Nine out of ten, it’s the turbo exhaust gasket that’s causing the leak.

Whether if your car came stock with a turbocharger from factory, or someone else installed it, the The turbo gasket may have been omitted is prone to damage, especially since it is constantly subjected to extreme temperature and pressure. , or maybe wear and tear plus unending heat cycles have taken wear the gasket down over time.their toll. Either way the gasket succumbs to damage, you’re going to have to to rip apart the turbo from the exhaust manifold and put fit it with a new gasket.

This do-it-yourself, replacing the turbo exhaust gasket install is pretty straight forward yourself is relatively easy. , except maybe for the time it takes to remove stubborn nuts and bolts that may be hard to reach. Nevertheless, remember make sure to strip out old gasket clean the turbocharger surface, to prevent premature failure of the new gasket. Do not use sealants unless one is included in the package. Some sealants are known to react negatively with the gasket and turns it into mush.