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I recently removed my '92 Talon's entire exhaust system to clean, derust, paint and overhaul it with new o-rings, gaskets and fasteners and am ready to put everything back on and just wanted to make sure what anti-seize/sealant/RTV to put on each fastener as a final sanity check.
1a - Exhaust manifold to head studs: Nickel anti-seize ok or use copper (I have both and read that the nickel could damage the O2 sensor) and on both threaded ends of studs?
1b - Center bottom manifold to head stud: Bore opens into oil gallery, is anti-seize enough or should I also apply something else and if so what and where?
1c - Center top manifold to head stud: I read that this may open into the coolant gallery, and if so how to treat that stud?
2 - Exhaust manifold to turbo bolts (replacing stud with bolt): Nickel or copper?
3 - Turbo to O2 housing bolts/stud (using all new ones): Nickel or copper?
4 - O2 housing to downpipe nuts: Nickel or copper?
5 - O2 sensor: Copper or nickel (new Denso came with copper)?
6 - Oil line banjo bolts: New crush washers enough, or add thread sealant and which?
7 - Coolant line banjo bolts: Ditto
And yes, I'm using the proper washers for all of these, crush, spring, flat, etc., and OEM gaskets and o-rings (4-ply on exhaust manifold).
1a - Exhaust manifold to head studs: Nickel anti-seize ok or use copper (I have both and read that the nickel could damage the O2 sensor) and on both threaded ends of studs?
1b - Center bottom manifold to head stud: Bore opens into oil gallery, is anti-seize enough or should I also apply something else and if so what and where?
1c - Center top manifold to head stud: I read that this may open into the coolant gallery, and if so how to treat that stud?
2 - Exhaust manifold to turbo bolts (replacing stud with bolt): Nickel or copper?
3 - Turbo to O2 housing bolts/stud (using all new ones): Nickel or copper?
4 - O2 housing to downpipe nuts: Nickel or copper?
5 - O2 sensor: Copper or nickel (new Denso came with copper)?
6 - Oil line banjo bolts: New crush washers enough, or add thread sealant and which?
7 - Coolant line banjo bolts: Ditto
And yes, I'm using the proper washers for all of these, crush, spring, flat, etc., and OEM gaskets and o-rings (4-ply on exhaust manifold).