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Exhaust brake - leak around turbo elbow

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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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Exhaust brake - leak around turbo elbow

I just finished installing the inline BD brake. The system worked well, I used partly my own components to set it up the way I liked. In testing, I noticed that when the brake is on, there is a bit of a leak of pressure from under v-clamp that connects turbo elbow to the turbo flange.
How did you guys fix that? The clamp is torqued more than it should be already.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:39 PM
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You mean were the exhaust pipe bolts too the back of the exhaust elbow? or the part were the turbo bolts too the elbow it self? Mine is leaking on the down pipe too the back of the elbow and I think I got mine figure out that I can't get the proper torque so I will re torque and see what happens. If your talking about the turbo too elbow you might have missed or nicked the gasket when reinstalling and its causing blow by.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 03:25 PM
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The actual 5-bolt flange did not come off the turbo, but the elbow did. I think there is no leak where the down pipe attaches to the elbow (2 bolts on a sliding flange), but there is a bit of a leak where the cast iron elbow with square flange attaches to the 5-bolt turbo backing (that connection uses a V-clamp).
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