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What type of thread lock to use on hotside of turbo?

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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 12:47 PM
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What type of thread lock to use on hotside of turbo?

Quick story.

I have a S5 rebuilt turbo.
Ported the wastegate a year ago myself.

Ever since then the bolts holding the hotside on work themselves out over the period of a couple months.

Today going to work I hear a CLANK on the highway after hitting 10psi.
I then hear an exhaust leak.

I look under the hood to find the top screw moveable with my fingers and there is a bolt completely missing now from a lower part.(The clank I heard)


So what type of thread locker can I use on the hotside?

Any specific locktite or somethign which can withstand glowing turbo appplications?

I'm at work so I'll probably be fixing this on my lunch break
Thx guys
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 01:15 PM
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Pretty strange. Are you sure all the threads are not damaged? Do you have those crescent shaped plates (dont know the correct term) on there?
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 01:37 PM
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Yeah I have those. The threading isn't damaged. It threads fine. It's just that the bolts have been removed a few times so they move freely(not frozen in like normal)
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