Carpentry 101. It even can fold in. 👍👍

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Which turbo gasket was leaking? If you guessed "both of them", congratulations!

The good news is that I was able to get the gaskets out without removing the turbo itself. That's always messy, because it has an oil and coolant feed and return line (four lines total, filled with antifreeze and engine oil). New gaskets should be here tomorrow, and hopefully reassembly will be easy.

Always replace *all* of your gaskets!

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Pictures of my current vehicular project/nightmare: my '05 Subaru Outback XT with 150k miles. Turbocharger went out, so I decided to replace it myself while also upgrading the oil delivery and upgrading the up pipe (both common failure points). Initially the replacement worked fine, but after less than 50 miles I started to smell exhaust and wasn't building boost. This points to a failed or improperly seated gasket between the turbo, up pipe, and exhaust. So now I'm pulling it completely apart again to replace gaskets!

This is the perfect mountain car (high ground clearance, cargo capacity, boosted for elevation, AWD, reasonable fuel economy) so I'd prefer to keep it until a viable EV alternative is available. That said, between the clutch two hundred miles ago and the turbocharger, I'm out over $2500 in just a couple months. This is the only viable option in the current car market; buying new or used is far too expensive!

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