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Hey i have been told that my gasket is leaking between my exhaust an turbo. The things i wanna ask is Leaving this too long will it result in future larger problems? How long will it take for a mechanic an How costly will it be? An If There is any stud problem how much is that setting me back also?

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i had this on my 33 when i got it needed gasket from turbo to exhaust and gasket from head to exhaust, and studs where sanped in head tho. and to pull every thing off then get studs out put it all back in with all band new studs and new gaskets, it was a all day job morring till dark ,1st time i had eva done that on a skyline too . but i am no mechanic hope that give you a idea of how long it might take

this happened to me on my r34 gtt aswell.. when they were changing my exhaust to a full turbo back he discovered it.

do u have bad fuel economy atm? i got told it wouldnt do the turbo much good if i left it like it for too long and it have abd fuel economy. i had it fixed straight away as the exhaust was already coming off...

Is it the exhaust manifold to turbo or the turbo to downpipe? either one is relatively simple and 800 is definately a rip off! You would only really need a socket set and turbo bolts are not too bad. Drop exhaust pull of intercooler and intake pipes undo heat shields and unbolt turbo, don't think you will even need to remove banjo lines should be able to slide turbo off and on if its that one.

A while ago when I didn't bother doing my own work i had the manifold to turbo gasket fail, i had the problem found and fixed as well as having my cambelt changed for $550

Is it the exhaust manifold to turbo or the turbo to downpipe? either one is relatively simple and 800 is definately a rip off! You would only really need a socket set and turbo bolts are not too bad. Drop exhaust pull of intercooler and intake pipes undo heat shields and unbolt turbo, don't think you will even need to remove banjo lines should be able to slide turbo off and on if its that one.

A while ago when I didn't bother doing my own work i had the manifold to turbo gasket fail, i had the problem found and fixed as well as having my cambelt changed for $550

Exhaust manifold to turbo i believe. Yer but you need stands ect or a lift.

All that has to be done is take heat shield off undo the bolts that hold the dump to the turbo. Gasket comes out. Replace with new one and that's it. Would only take about 30mins to an hour for an exhaust shop to do it. I've replaced my dump/front pipe and that only took me about an hour to do myself.

All that has to be done is take heat shield off undo the bolts that hold the dump to the turbo. Gasket comes out. Replace with new one and that's it. Would only take about 30mins to an hour for an exhaust shop to do it. I've replaced my dump/front pipe and that only took me about an hour to do myself.

Mmm, How much work is under the car? Just for the gaskets? An did you use some sort of stands for the front/dump pipe?

you can get away without taking dump off. in fact all lines except oil return can be left on turbo. remove heatsheild. undo turbo bolts... lift up. remove stuffed gasket and fit new one. refit nuts and torque up... done

This has happened to me too. But instead of removing the turbo and putting it back on I'll chuck a new turbo on.

Question is about this torque up thing.

I couldn't get a socket onto the nuts, this normal?

and anyone know the correct torque settings?

you can get away without taking dump off. in fact all lines except oil return can be left on turbo. remove heatsheild. undo turbo bolts... lift up. remove stuffed gasket and fit new one. refit nuts and torque up... done

This is true. It is very easy you have enough room to play with to fit and remove the old gasket.

This has happened to me too. But instead of removing the turbo and putting it back on I'll chuck a new turbo on.

Question is about this torque up thing.

I couldn't get a socket onto the nuts, this normal?

and anyone know the correct torque settings?

yeah 17mm spanner usually is the go

FT specs is what i do em... as tight as i can get them and then use those locking tabs.. never have an issue

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