Decided to sort my exhaust manifold gasket last week on T5
Took it apart and replaced the manifold gaskets with new ones which were metal one side only, so imo not as good as the gen volvo one's but I think I've sealed those, thing is when I took the turbo off there were no gaskets between the turbo and the manifold and the turbo and the exhaust, however when I bought everything I bought new tin gaskets for these joints.
So I've put everything back together and have a fairly big leak, I've checked the flexi by trying to open it up using a lever on the mounting in front the cat, no change to the noise level so my leak is probably on the turbo.
So I wondered whether anyone could advise me on whether the turbo has gaskets or not, and should I be using any paste or? when mounting the turbo, whether the ring holding the turbo together prone to leaking after splitting the turbo? and whether the turbo normally has washers on the nuts as imo they're as tight as I can get them?
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