What type of thread lock to use on hotside of turbo?
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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
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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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 4,403
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From: Avondale, Arizona
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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