I have fitting a new turbo but used the old gasket (bad choice) looked under to see if everything was good but it's not it's been leaking, so I've ordered a new gasket from skoda but spoke to a little DIY car place about it and just sealing it up and they said you have to be carful using sealant near turbos, I intended on buying a new gasket and sealing it with sealant would this work? And why isn't it alright to use sealant near the turbo? Thanks Paul

not sure which gasket you mean but you wouldnt want to use sealant in any place where it could possibley block / restrict the oil flow ..... plus with the temperature the exh side of a turbo gets i wouldnt imagine many sealants would last very long ... just put a new gasket on and it be fine (there was some one saying to use a solid gasket not a perforated one in another thread again depending which you mean)

Sorry should have stated, the one where the manifold bolts on to the engine, it's leaking from there, thanks for the advice

now that is going to be a ball ache to take turbo off to replace gasket

Gasket is 5.13 from tps.. I bought one yesterday lol

Normal sealers would just melt. The turbo and exhaust manifold is about the hottest part of the engine . Pluss if some sealant broke of into the turbo ... may cause a mess.

think turbos spin at 10000 or 20000 rpm at tick over

Are you sure that's where it's leaking from?

Just a strange place, I've reused manifold gaskets previously on different jobs and never leaked. Isn't it a metal gasket?

Are you sure that's where it's leaking from?

Just a strange place, I've reused manifold gaskets previously on different jobs and never leaked. Isn't it a metal gasket?

Pretty sure as it doesn't look to be coming from anywhere else it's over the heat shield too and the turbo it's self, I'm not sure if it's metal I can't remember, a gasket from skoda done up tight enough should be okay without sealant then

Normal sealers would just melt. The turbo and exhaust manifold is about the hottest part of the engine . Pluss if some sealant broke of into the turbo ... may cause a mess.

think turbos spin at 10000 or 20000 rpm at tick over

Alright cheers, by chance was it you that just bought a hybrid from xman?

Yes it was. Arrived in 2 2 hours! Great service.

Its currently half bolted to me car lol

Yes it was. Arrived in 2 2 hours! Great service.

Its currently half bolted to me car lol

Yes it was. Arrived in 2 2 hours! Great service.

Its currently half bolted to me car lol

Yeah I thought it was you I'm

Currently running one and all is well

Well finished building up. Fresh oil.. just waiting for bat to charge up...its gonna be along hour or 2 lol