Fixing turbo exhaust leaks. Need advice b4 I start.

[ib_steed]

OK, the last problem i need to work out of my engine is an exhaust leak.

There is a leak in the exh. man-to-turbo, AND between the exhaust turbine housing of the turbo and the 90° downpipe section. I will have to remove the downpipe to fix the leak, problem is that the bolts are seized. Any advice on this?

I just finished porting an E6 manifold, so i will swap that at the same time i fix the leak. I will port-match the turbine housing inlet at the same time. should i seperate the housing from the rest of the turbo to do that?

I need to have the gaskets ahead of time, so i need to know, are there gaskets anywhere in the turbo??

Thanks a lot for the help,
-Ryan

 

[Stinger]

Heat will losen the downpipe bolts...

No need to remove the housing to port match...just throw a rag down in there to keep the crap out.

Only a turbo to manifold steel gasket.

 

[mightypoof]

my oil return line gasket got wrecked when i removed the turbo....just a thought

 

[Pro-Hawk]

I'm swaping in a E6 also and I used PB Blast to soak the exhaust bolts the night before. Heat works great also like Stinger said. When removing the turbo/mainifold becareful not to mess up the oil lines feed/return. Motion Dynamics sells all the bolts, gaskets etc you will need to do this swap. They also sell two different types of oil feed lines but the oil return is a hard to get so becareful Check out my site ( link below), I tryed to post imformation on doing this swap in hopes of helping someone

htt://www.motion-dynamics.net/products/2point3/default.asp

 

[ib_steed]

Heat will losen the downpipe bolts...

No need to remove the housing to port match...just throw a rag down in there to keep the crap out.

Only a turbo to manifold steel gasket.

Thanks, wasnt sure if the rag would be enough. Anything else i might look at/fix/replace on the turbo while i have it off?

I tried the bolts before i put the turbo on the car, and they were stuck... maybe now they have seen some heat again, they will be a little more cooporative. and if not, there is always WD40...

I ordered that gasket already, so i guess thats all i will need. My oil return is a custom job, and the gasket is fresh, so it should be reusable.

[EDIT] Thanks Pro-Hawk, i'll check out Motion Dynamics for the oil suply lines, maybe they will have one that is a little better than the stock one. [/EDIT]

Finaly, i'll be rid of that noise! maybe gain a few HP from the ported manifold at the same time. (not to mention fixing the leak)
Thank you guys!
-Ryan

 

[Pro-Hawk]

Thanks, wasnt sure if the rag would be enough. Anything else i might look at/fix/replace on the turbo while i have it off?

Finaly, i'll be rid of that noise! maybe gain a few HP from the ported manifold at the same time. (not to mention fixing the leak)
Thank you guys!
-Ryan

I completely understand. I was tired of the exhaust inside the car and the loss of boost That is one reason I started my semi big project I'm using a ported E6 also and read where someone dyno a ported E6 to add 11 hp so we will see if it helps

I polished the exhaust elbow part a tab bit in hopes of better flow and less carbon build up. Theres a few pics of this on my site also.