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hi everyone i have recently changed the carb on my 1.9 dg petrol van,now i am sure there was a rubber gasket in between the carb and the inlet trunking if thats what it is called,can these still be bought,cheers dave

What carb have you changed to?

Between the inlet manifold and carb there should be a gasket...half an inch thick

I think he means the thin round gasket between the top of the carb and the inlet trunking about 100mm in diameter and about 4 mm wide.

never seen then on Brickwerks

itchyfeet wrote:I think he means the thin round gasket between the top of the carb and the inlet trunking about 100mm in diameter and about 4 mm wide.

never seen then on Brickwerks

yes thats the one can you get them still,cheers dave

If I remember rightly, you can get an equivalent by searching for 'O' rings on either ebay or the Net in general. I seem to recall many places that do them in every conceivable size. They're not much - postage will probably be more.

O ring is a great idea but stock O rings that size are hard to come by , usually you get it by the length then cut and join it to the right diameter.

An old water pump o ring is slightly larger than you need so it you have one, a sharp blade and some superglue should do the trick

origional gasket is 92mm ID 102mm OD and 2mm thick

I made one recently from a spare piece of epdm roof sheet 1.5mm thick, did the job

thanks for all the advice but i made one from a spare piece of vacuum hose and has worked a treat,cheers dave

Way to go Dave. Man after my own heart. Think laterally, always pays.

Hi,

I have just read this thread. I need the rubber spacer type gasket that sits between the head and the carb manifolds-around 5mm thick. Apparnetly the paper type gaskets sit over the spacers? VW heritage/JK don't stock them. I was told thta this would effect cold start-which ist did this am, the carbs are back on with new gaskets, and minus the spacer gasket...

Find a thick rubber* mat and cut one out

Hi,

I've discovered that the gasket is likely made up of phenolic rubber, and Ebay sells sheet of it-different thickness that are cheap and cheerful, so will go down the hand ade route!