SR20DET Turbine Inlet Gasket HELP!

[got2b240]

I blew my turbo inlet gasket (the square one from manifold to turbo) I have the stock manifold and T-25, I was wondering If there was an easier way to replace the gasket than to take out the entire thing (hours of work)? I can access the 3 bolts, but the other one is in the back? Can I just unbolt the manifold and stick my hand behind there with a wrench?

PLEASE HELP FELLOW NISSAN SR20DET OWNERS!! :confused:

[HATchTRICK]

Yes if you ahve one of the real short wrenches and can manuever around in there without bending any of the lines to bad, ( the hard plumbed coolant lines are cheap), but anyway you can get the old gasket off completly, and replace witha new one is fine!


The old gasket might be stuck to the manifold and need to be removed completly to scrap it all off anyways. or else it wont seal properly with the new gasket.

[got2b240]

hey man thanks for the confidence boost, I am going to go try it now. I will let you know how it went.

[luckie2hav3her]

its not that hard to take out the entire thing, i did it on mine... my exhaust gasket went out, the only thing thats a bitch is the two oil lines that connect to the engine thats about it everything else isnt too hard, trust... when working are cars dont do it the easy way cuz thats how shit fucks up, just do it the right way

[speeddreamz]

Take your manifold off, coolant lines , oil lines, do the bolts right. I recomend getting new bolts since most of the time they're rusted. Get a new gasket tighten them bolts down put lock tight, and make sure that metal thing thats annoying stays on, it'll lock it and keep them from coming off. You can get all the turbo parts from a 300zx twin turbo 90-96 at your nissan dealership, the manifold to turbo gasket is identical.

[got2b240]

thanks for your help guys
you wana hear nightmare? This is the full story from last night :(

http://www.hipertekspeed.com/3forums/viewtopic.php?t=276

thanks for all your help.

I think im going to pull everything out, and build up and get a new 240sx body.