Mine is a molded piece and not molded hose.
and then it connects to the nipple in the block via hose and clamps
turbo drains are low pressure and marginal flow. If their is any amount of pressure in the return line you have issues
I thought he was referring to the whole shebang.
I really wish they would have done the whole thing hose, would make it a lot easier to hook it back up.
it is a drain so there should be no pressure unless you have blow by which is pushing back into the turbo.
I don't think anybody said not to run a gasket