Hi guys,
Putting on my Buschur downpipe, cant get the freaking donut gasket off ! Am I missing something here? It is a metal gasket, kind of like steel wool, it wont budge, I am just slowly shredding it, could take all day at this pace. Any tips??
Thanks

 

HAHA.. just use a screw driver and pop it off.. its about 1/4 in thick and goes inside the pipe.. its not a thing gasket...stick the SD inside the pipe and pull down it should pop right out..
The stock o3 pipe is wider than the gasket...

 

Its Tappered also.. you could try using yoru hand too.. it shouldnt be all that difficult...

 

why are you taking it off.. don't you need to leave it on for the new DP???

 

Buschur downpipe uses a flat flange.

 

Busshur exhaust is diff... There are no flanges other than the Hot side of the turbo... if i rem correctly you just bolt up the Dp with no gasket

 

Oh... OK... I was wondering because I just got the Ultimate Racing DP and havent gone to install it yet. Is Buschur the only one that does not re-use the donut gasket???

 

Not sure... The gasket is actually smaller in Dia then 3" TBE... its prob around 2.75"

 

The only purpose for the DG is to keep the smaller Stock DP from moving and leaking.. With 3" ones i dont beleive you can use it?

 

cool thanks

 

mine was hard as hell to remove also......just use a little elbow grease...itll come off

 

I took a flat head screw driver and hammer it up in there and pried out the edges all the way around the gasket. Then she came right out. There are some 3" DP's that will allow you to leave it there. RMR being one of them.

 

Hammered it in there huh .. wow.. i just used my fingers and it came right out... Yeah wasnt sure about other TBE's i was just guessing.. cinsidering its smaller in dia

 

There was no way in hell I could have pulled it off with my fingers. That sucker was ON there.

 

Thanks guys, finally got it off with elbow grease and alot of donut in my eyes and hair-I think that was the hardest part of the downpipe install.