Hi Rick, On the weekend I used some blank extractor gasket material to fabricate a suitable gasket, seems to be good so far so we'll see how that goes.
Thanks everyone for all the advice, Andrew > Gday Andrew > > Luke's has a stock, off the rack, 200B inlet mani gasket trimmed closely to > suit across the top of the inlets and it stays leak free. I trimmed it > firstly into an upside down "V", using snips, with the point right at the > top of the inlet hole, then trimmed out the sides of the "V" to match the > hole shape I guess it depends on exactly how high you drilled the hole for > the injector to squirt. > > If the inlet hole is too high to leave enough stock gasket to seal, then > worst case scenario, you may need to weld a strip of aluminum across the top > of each inlet runner and file it flush to give you more surface area and > fabricate a gasket from a blank. > > Second option would be to use some gasket goo around that area of the > inlets. > > Alternatively, have a look at an aftermarket gasket designed for extractors, > these have more crush to allow for sealing slight misalignments in the > exhaust manifold plates, and are usually larger around the outside. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Greenbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2004 14:46 PM > Subject: EFI L series manifold gasket > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Im having trouble getting my recently installed L18 efi manifold to seal > > - I used an L20 mani gasket with the top port section cut out for the > > injectors. This appears to not leave much material to seal, and it > > seems to be leaking a bit around the top port section. > > > > What gasket has other people used on efi L4s, or should I make a > > custom gasket for the application? > > > > Thanks for any help, > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
