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Hi

Just pulled off the manifold to turbo gasket and its doesn't look too good but I haven't seen too many of these gaskets before so please, you be the judge. Its the same on both sides.

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I ask this because I paid a whole lot of coin to replace my manifold and turbo gaskets just 2 months ago and I'm just not convinced they changed it at all unless this is what they look like after a couple months......

Thanks!

I only use the car to get to work and thats only 10kms from home. I'll replace it for sure.

I just paid alot of money to get this replaced and it doesn't (by look of it) so it just really annoys me

thanks for the input!

The gaskets i pulled out of my gtr were much better looking than that and a lot older... Maybe a polite "please explain" to the mechanic, and if they get all defensive, dont go back.

Are you sure there was no miscommunication about which gaskets were to be replaced? Maybe they did the turbo to dump one?

Yep 100% years old.

I when i pulled my turbo/manifold gasket off my RB25/GT30 setup years ago, it still looked near new after 4k-5kms

That one looks utterly shagged, how can you get rust easily into an area that is sealed? :)

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