Tricky-Ricky Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Phoned Steve Manley today to order the two little O gaskets that go between the turbos and manifold, £25.63:wtf: i thought April fools had been and gone, add just the fuel rail top and bottom O rings and it comes to £61.61 posted fook! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 try 12 plastic clips. £14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 The prices are scanadalous, car manufacturers just charge whatever they like for dealer parts such as these knowing that most of the time you cannot obtain them elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Sounds familiar.. I'm gonna end up paying around £250 (in parts) for a replacement diff cooler and hoses and clips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 sorry for the hyjack but i'm have a set of stock turbos being fitted on monday, i think they might be still bolted to the manifold but if not can i use the original ones or will i need new ones? (turbo to manifold and manifold to head) i didn't even give it a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 £5 at Toyota, that's not my hand! If I knew that they were like these before ordering two then I wouldn't have bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 Well i will be re using all the other gaskets as they are multi layered metal, which IMO seem to put up with it, but the two turbo to manifold are crush type so i thought i would play it safe, mind you i did consider using exhaust paste on and underneath them;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMiFFAD Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Im in the market for a new crank pully, £200 for one from toyota Trying a few mates in the trade, got it down to about £170 so far, still alot for a big iron wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 The crank damper I can understand, its a quality bit of engineering and carefully balanced. It the washers, o-rings, clips and screws that have the real mad prices. The worse exmaple I've had recently were the screw set to secure the undertray - £42.. thats for about 14 screws and plastic clips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvershark44 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Crank case hoses, £15!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Could this be the answer? had a trawl around a couple of parts places and one exhaust place to see if i could find an equivalent seal and came up with these, one is for a Nissan 100NX and the other is for a Honda Acclaim, both are the right fit/size just look slightly different material, but then the used genuine one on the right is a could have been a similar color when new , the Toyota one seems very slightly heaver, but i can't see why they wouldn't be ok both exhaust/manifold seals, so similar temps, what do you think £1.50 as opposed to £12.50 each. http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p4a22815f322d084e365a77e9e031d6c8/e9dc2a5e.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 No comments or opinions on this then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 No comments or opinions on this then? I'm not sure, here's a bump. Personally I would've just bought the Toyota ones, I know thery're not cheap but you need them to do the job properly and you wouldn't want the hastle of having to fit them later on if the Nissan/Honda ones fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 On a component in that location (extreme tempurature and temp changes), I would only use the Toyota one. If it weight different is obvioulsy has a different composition and may not be suitable for the temps/stresses the Toyota seal sees. Plus, for the sake of a few quid of seals, you wouldn't want to have to replace them again should one fail, would you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I have reused turbo to manifold gaskets in the past with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 JohnK Are you referring to these ones? or the multi layered metal ones? I do see your point Homer, but i can't help but object to what is probably a 1100% mark up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 The ones that go between the manifold and the turbos, not the ones that are betwen the 2 turbos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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