I have a tial 38mm wastegate and the neukin manifold. Recently, the tial bolts that hold the wastegate onto the manifold keep creeping out, causing a major exhaust leak before the turbo and the gasket to burn up. I am using the gasket that comes with wastegate, its like a paper gasket with a metal screen in the middle. Will permatex RTV ultra copper gasket maker work on this setup instead of the other one. The gasket I was supplied with seems to be too weak but I am not sure if the RTV will be any stronger. Also, to keep the bolts in should i just use some red loctite and good amount of torque?

 

sounds good to me,

 

Try a metal gasket from an exhaust shop, I used one with 2 layers that compress, solved my wastegate blowing problems. Those paper gaskets are no good.

 

The gaskets that come with the Tial gates are garbage, mine went out in like 2 days. Try a copper one. Either make or buy.

 

dont use a gasket at all

 

pick up more power without a gasket

 

ya ive got the RTV gasket on there right now, im probably taking the car to the track today so i will see how she holds up. How much would it cost to get one made?

 

just dont run a gasket. it metal to metal dont need a gasket same thing as your downpipe

 

well ive got the silicone on there and its holding up really well. I ran some decent times tonite. I thought there wasnt enough on there, but its good now. If i have a problem in the future, ill probably say screw the gasket.

 

i'd just run without a gasket.

 

no gasket

 

No gasket? i was wondering why when i swapped wastegates the original tial wasnt running a gasket.. but there was obvious leaking, the head was black and the wg was discolored.

So when i put the new one on i used the gasket, well i blew them out yesterday, car sounds lousy and is slower. I hear dont use a gasket at all... but wont i have the same problem as before with leaking? how do you prevent any kind of leak? i hear a thin layer of silicone. i wanted to ask opinions before i do so. thanks

 

ultra copper is good stuff.. i'm not sure how well it works with heat from turbos though..