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I have recently put a new forward facing plenum on my car, it uses the standard runners. I have reassembled it and can not get it to seal properly (tried 5 tmes over the weekend with the old gasket and some goo). I keep testing it after reassembly but it keeps leaking through the join of the 2 halves.

My questions are:

Has anyone ever had this problem and if so what did you do to fix it?

Where can i get a new rubber gasket from and its part number if known?

Is there a substitute for it maybe a paper gasket or something of the like?

Is there an aftermarket one maybe?

Would a paper gasket work at all with some goo?

I have searched and can not find anything on it and the only gasket i can find is within a VRS kit and i dont want the whole kit.

Many thanks in advance

Peter

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Just got off the phone to nissan it is $105, anyone know of a cheaper after market one. I have found a cometic one but cant find any distributers in sydney.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Cometic-Intake-Collecto...1742.m153.l1262

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I didnt use spacers to hold it off the base, that is where my problem lies as i squashed the gasket too much and it leaked, I have the rubber gasket. Can you get a metal reinforced gasket for it can you? How thick should the spacers be?

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Pete,

if the plenum is off now, what is the length of the spacers holding it up off the base?

then measure the gasket you have, also is that gasket the metal reinforced one or the plain rubber?

Craved, do you know where to find these metal reinforced collector gaskets?

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as far as i knew factory one wasnt rubber? im pretty sure mine was metal rings on gasket card/

i reused my original one in an engine with 1.4 bar and have not noticed a problem

may i suggest also that you check the plenum face in a few directions with a straight edge, if it isnt flat, you will never get a bulletproof seal from paper or metal.. or anything else if its too bad.

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nissan i believe

though i think they only sell the all rubber ones now like Pete already used.

Bugger, my tuner has said the same thing. He has tried different VINs from both Nissan Oz and Nissan Japan, and they all rock up as being rubber now..

I've hopefully sourced a metal one off the forums though :(

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