# Does this happen to anyone else? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 30, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887 "2006-01-30T16:42:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![turboTSI1320](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@turboTSI1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turboTSI1320)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/1 "2006-01-30T16:42:20Z")
I cant keep a gasket to stay together between my turbo and exhaust manifold. I tryed the thick slowboy steel gasket but it too blew apart. I dont see why this keeps happing to me. This gasket should hold more then 15psi on a 19c right? This last one didnt last 5,000 miles… [http://community.webshots.com/photo/285140465/2193568920066238331azVYYG](http://community.webshots.com/photo/285140465/2193568920066238331azVYYG) [http://community.webshots.com/photo/285140465/2366731480066238331NmGpJG](http://community.webshots.com/photo/285140465/2366731480066238331NmGpJG) thats a quater ontop the gasket… ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/2 "2006-01-30T16:43:08Z")
The request contains an illegal URL. ---
**Author:** ![turboTSI1320](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@turboTSI1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turboTSI1320)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/3 "2006-01-30T16:44:04Z")
> [@shaggy](#): > > The request contains an illegal URL. FIXED ---
**Author:** ![fmfkid250](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fmfkid250/32/5973_2.png) [@fmfkid250](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fmfkid250)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/4 "2006-01-30T17:36:35Z")
what are your EGT’s? on my first tune my egts aproached lik 1550+ and i blew one out but after my 2nd tune and got a new gasket (from turbonetics) i dident have problem with it my egts where @ 1475 peak! ---
**Author:** ![GNocide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gnocide/32/5947_2.png) [@GNocide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GNocide)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/5 "2006-01-30T17:48:05Z")
turbo to downpipe-i went threw 3 last year. copper is the best and hardest to get. ---
**Author:** ![turboTSI1320](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@turboTSI1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turboTSI1320)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/6 "2006-01-30T18:07:20Z")
> [@fmfkid250](#): > > what are your EGT’s? > > on my first tune my egts aproached lik 1550+ and i blew one out > but after my 2nd tune and got a new gasket (from turbonetics) i dident have problem with it my egts where @ 1475 peak! My EGTs are all normal and I have a good tune on wideband so Its not that… ---
**Author:** ![T34418L31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@T34418L31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T34418L31)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/7 "2006-01-30T22:29:07Z")
I’ve never had a problem like that with a Mitsu. MLS gasket. :dunno: ---
**Author:** ![EXTtoG35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/67e7ee/32.png) [@EXTtoG35](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EXTtoG35)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/8 "2006-01-31T03:42:51Z")
I think I got one sit’n in my basement if you need another. ---
**Author:** ![turboTSI1320](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@turboTSI1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turboTSI1320)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/9 "2006-01-31T04:43:12Z")
> [@StealthZ](#): > > I think I got one sit’n in my basement if you need another. Is it the think steel kind? thats slightly ported? ---
**Author:** ![Hycomp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Hycomp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hycomp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/10 "2006-01-31T05:50:28Z")
Have you checked to see if your mating surfaces are perfectly flat? Perhaps one of them is slightly warped so you are not getting even pressure on the gasket. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/11 "2006-01-31T06:12:57Z")
> [@Hycomp](#): > > Have you checked to see if your mating surfaces are perfectly flat? Perhaps one of them is slightly warped so you are not getting even pressure on the gasket. most likely. i’d use a firegasket… paper with a metal ring to seal… or just run no gasket. ---
**Author:** ![brokeasskorean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@brokeasskorean](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brokeasskorean)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/12 "2006-01-31T10:32:02Z")
never had a problem. i run the thick metal one from slowboy as well. like stated above maybe something is warped and not allowing it to seal properly ---
**Author:** ![vw16vcabby](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vw16vcabby/32/5943_2.png) [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/13 "2006-01-31T16:09:33Z")
i never run a gasket between turbo and manifold. my shit is planned true. never warped. for downpipe to turbine housing, same thing. no gasket. ---
**Author:** ![EXTtoG35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/67e7ee/32.png) [@EXTtoG35](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EXTtoG35)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/14 "2006-01-31T21:27:46Z")
Ehh, I think its just a stocker. ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/15 "2006-02-01T06:24:25Z")
first off there’s no “positive pressure” on that gasket, 2nd it’s burning through because your shit aint straight /thread ---
**Author:** ![GNocide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gnocide/32/5947_2.png) [@GNocide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GNocide)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/16 "2006-02-19T04:57:08Z")
here is a great copper gasket co. im going back to all copper for turbo/downpipe/header ect [http://www.scegaskets.com/contact.html](http://www.scegaskets.com/contact.html) ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else/179887/17 "2006-02-19T05:01:02Z")
Using knockoff brand copper header gaskets. They worked well for me. :gome: