HOW TO: Make any exhaust gasket

kingjd7 · 04-27-2005, 07:50 PM

For the gasket do what I did. I went to an art store and bought a small piece of sheet copper it was about 12"x8". Then traced the old gasket on to the copper and cut out all the holes. Presto, a copper gasket that is still holding up for over one year, for less than ten bucks.

stoney78 · 05-17-2005, 10:28 AM

How thick? 1mm enough?

Will · 05-17-2005, 11:22 AM

Thats a really good trick, if you did two sheets thick, im sure it would never leak.

kingjd7 · 05-17-2005, 05:36 PM

I just used one sheet. A year later and I still don't have a leak.

kingjd7 · 05-18-2005, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by liupj

go to meineke and buy a nice nice one for 1 buck ;P

you cant buy a primary to secondary gasket from meineke for a aftermarket header.

jer_760 · 05-18-2005, 07:22 PM

I used a Coors Light can

kingjd7 · 05-18-2005, 09:19 PM

Now when my girl asks me why I drink, I can give her another reason.

GSRMx · 05-19-2005, 12:28 AM

Did this today, dunno if the copper I got was too hard.. didn't work alone, I had to put copper silicone and finally got rid of the leak.

Will · 05-19-2005, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jer_760

I used a Coors Light can

yeah, I used a beer can too, did two layers with silicon. seems to be holding up well after 800 miles.

cutter · 05-19-2005, 09:47 PM

does the rtv silicon not work alone?

irf305 · 05-19-2005, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by cutter

does the rtv silicon not work alone?

I've got RTV Ultra Copper holding mine together and havn't had any problems yet

nik33615 · 05-22-2005, 05:38 PM

I coated my old used exhaust manifold gasket with that high temp rtv and it worked like a charm....I actually couldn't belive it didn't just burn off lol guess I do get lucky sometimes.

jer_760 · 08-01-2005, 11:39 PM

I used a steak knife

Shift_2 · 08-22-2005, 10:29 PM

Would this work for a turbo to d/p gasket ? I used some gasket maker sheets ans RTV sealent...didnt hold up. Ill try the copper+RTV solution and report back !

T-Dog · 08-22-2005, 11:12 PM

Listen up fooos. I've been running RTV red on my exhaust manifold with a turbo setup and all connections from the head to the downpipe are all held together with RTV red ONLY. No gaskets in addition and they have not leaked for the 2 years they've been stuck together. JGY suggested this when I was putting the turbo on and I was reluctant to say the least. Dude has way more experience than I do so I went with it and it works awesome. Later

jrg_race · 10-21-2005, 01:01 PM

I found muffler cement to work the best