Atomic

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Wait until its cool and just push in the blanket to get the cap off. Yea a spacer will move the turbo slightly, but the vbands can be rotated to account for it. We are only talking about 1/2" here.

You can see what I did. Worked fine

GMCtrk

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If you're blanket is falling apart it's a POS.

Atomic

iTrader: (42)

I've had $250 blankets that fell apart. Wish we all had your luck and expertise in such matters.

AkSSS

I'm just going off of my experiences. Little that I have. I have had 4 different turbo blankets. So far all of them I have had, from cheap eBay to the most expensive one I could get from forced inductions get hard and brittle once it gets cooked. I am always open to hearing advice on a good experience. Please share with me which one was the best for you. I am now in the need of another one now. Haha

GMCtrk

iTrader: (27)

Don't be so passive Richard, you won't hurt my feelings.

The way I see it, if your blanket is disintegrating, it's inadequate to handle the heat and may not be doing much. I'd also be pissed if I spent $250 and had it fall apart; hopefully you got a refund.

You may be better off going OEM style and making a metal shield out of a pot.

GMCtrk

iTrader: (27)

There's a difference between disintegrating and getting hard. The latter is what I've experienced, but I've never caused any significant deformity of the blanket removing it. In other words, I never damaged the blanket replacing it to get the oil cap off.

Also, you probably won't be changing your oil more than 4 times annually so I don't see this as that big of a deal personally.

AkSSS

This whole thread was to see if there was options for my setup from what I was doing. I will leave the valve covers swapped before I am going to pull my blanket every time I need to take off the oil cap. It is a pain in the *** to get the spring on the inside of the blanket near the center section.

Again. Once the blankets get hard and you take them on and off, you have to spread them apart to remove. I'm not trying to be a dick. But you know that. Just like all the others I have had, once I pull them apart enough to lift them off the turbo they just crumble. Look at the above pictures of the turbo after i pulled off the blanket. You can see pieces of the inside of the blanket all over the housing. This was a over $200 blanket from FI.

So I ask again. What blanket are you using or had used in the past. I am always game to try a new or different product with better results.

ILuvJDM

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Well this route costs money, but have you considered ceramic coating the turbine housing in lieu of the blanket? Not powdercoat, but the real deal 2000°F stuff you see on underground racing turbo kits... That would give you more space, but costs money

LPCWS6

All I have to say is you have the perfect username for setup!

MikeGyver

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It's because everything that I have ever done is MacGyver-ed, so I chose the name because I am not ashamed of my jury rigging.