T25 gasket

[KeefaGT]

Hi all i have recently bought a t25 tomcat and had AdamL rebuild it i also bought a big jim downpipe for it gone out to fit them today and noticed the metal gasket i bought from cgb (Turbo to elbow) overhangs inside the turbo and downpipe am i right in thinking this is not good? Anyone else had this problem? Thanks :D

[Brigsy]

Dont fit the gasket, if both faces are flat it wont blow. There wasnt a gasket fitted when new :)

[KeefaGT]

Dont fit the gasket, if both faces are flat it wont blow. There wasnt a gasket fitted when new :)


Sweet i can go and carry on with fitting it then :D Cheers mate

[KeefaGT]

Just tried fitting without gasket was nearly finished when i dropped my light....I happened to notice light shining all the way through the turbo/downpipe join when fully tightened:cry: So back to the gasket hunt does anyone know what car the t25 tomcat comes from? also it it possible to have the turbo faced?

[James5]

Just tried fitting without gasket was nearly finished when i dropped my light....I happened to notice light shining all the way through the turbo/downpipe join when fully tightened:cry: So back to the gasket hunt does anyone know what car the t25 tomcat comes from? also it it possible to have the turbo faced?


Tomcat is of a rover 2.0 turbo matey o your looking at the 220, 620, 820 coupe will all use the same T25

[KeefaGT]

Thanks m8.Do you think seeing daylight through the gap is a problem? Seems a bit much to me am really hoping the gasket will fix it as bit worried ive wasted loads of dollar :(

[Matt Cole]

Any gas leakage from that joint is not good. If the mating faces are gash, then 2 gaskets can sometimes sort it.

[Brigsy]

I bet the downpipe flange is warped, my big jim one was miles out. Turbo will probably be fine imo get a straight edge on both and see?

I filed the flange flat on my downpipe, or if your feeling posh get it faced.

[KeefaGT]

Thanks i may have to try that .Not cheap though about £12 each already got 1 thats no good :( Think i have found a gasket on ebay which seems slightly bigger near the holes its for a 200sx? Cant find anything for rover.

[KeefaGT]

I bet the downpipe flange is warped, my big jim one was miles out. Turbo will probably be fine imo get a straight edge on both and see?

I filed the flange flat on my downpipe, or if your feeling posh get it faced.

Yeah file to fit i like that :D At last a job to do that doesnt cost loads.I just assumed it was the turbo thought bigjim would be nice n flat.Will have to investigate.

[KeefaGT]

What do people think is the first one bigger??http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?pictureid=14047&albumid=1235&dl=1291654965&thumb=1http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?pictureid=14046&albumid=1235&dl=1291654965&thumb=1 (http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=1235&pictureid=14046)This is the cgb one which is too small :D

[Brigsy]

I think you should save your money and get the file out;):D

[James5]

I think you should save your money and get the file out;):D


:agree:

[KeefaGT]

Bigjim is wonky :D Thanks for your help all