G'day everyone,
Just a question on these powertorque mufflers. On the full crank with the rectangle muffler I installed a little round gasket that sits between the muffler and the exhaust outlet.
But I noticed that these powertorque mufflers don't seem to have this little gasket, I have searched the web and shops and they don't mention or list any sort of gasket for a powertorque muffler.
I will soon be replacing the muffler on a powertorque engine, and I just want to make sure you can fit these without a gasket?
Also Mowerfreak, when I was looking for powertorque mufflers I read that you were talking about the packing and mesh etc. Anyway going by the Victa spare parts description it seems the early powertorque mufflers have one mesh installed inside and on the later style shiny "Victa" embossed mufflers they have 2 mesh wires installed inside from new. Just something I found out while searching for replacement parts.
Hi NormK, I could use a bead of roof and gutter silicone when installing the powertorque muffler. Does this stuff hold up well to the extreme heat of the exhaust? As I think the little gasket I used on the full crank has some sort of steel ring inside it with some sort of high temp paper material?
I guess they don't make gaskets like they used to now. They probably had asbestos material on these high heat exhaust gaskets many years ago. As this stuff could handle the high heat with no problems. I remember buying some exhaust manifold gaskets years ago for a car and there was a warning on them saying they contained asbestos. Same goes for brake pads and shoes for cars from years ago. All contained asbestos. Nasty stuff when breathed in but probably the best thing for high heat applications.
Cheers!
Last edited by Converse; 05/03/19 12:44 PM.
