Turbo coolant line gasket?

[skim1040]

Upon spending all day switching out my turbos I came to find a nice coolant leak at about 12 o'clock ish when I started up the car. Its coming from right under the turbo on the manifold side (stock turbo). Like in most other threads I found about this, its not puddling, just steaming off when running. I'm guessing its the coolant lines to the turbo. But, where could I buy a gasket for that? Or something that would work? Silicone? :1zhelp:

 

[Boost Lee]

HA! This bad boy has leaked on me almost everytime I changed turbo's.


Toyota Dealership will, of course, be the best idea...but if you aren't near one or don't have the money to fork up, go to Auto Zone or Advanced and get this little High temp Gasket maker kit. It is simply a sheet of gasket material, only costs a few dollars, then buy a razor blade.

Go trace around what it is that's leaking (you'll probably want to yank your turbo back off), and trace, sketch around the fitting that is leaking.

Cut and put in place!
Also, if it's the coolant line I'm thining of, you'll have to cut 2 small circles for the coolant to flow through.........Just use a paper hole puncher. :When I was done, it looked just like the real thing.

Works like a charm and is still on my car to this day!

 

[skim1040]

Ended up buying some gasket material..supposedly high temp, but felt like a cereal box to me...I used my old turbo that was in my garage to create the new gasket. Slapped that sucker on ther with a thin layer of high temp silicone for good luck and bolted her down.

Started it up with a small amount of coolant steam, i'm guess/hoping it was just excess that had spilled out when taking the line of to change it. Let it idle for about 10-15 minutes. No thick steam, just a slight amount. But, it didn't smell off coolant. So, I'm hoping/guessing that it was the excess silicone that had squeezed out burning off. Either that or excess gasket material from my re-created stock gasket.

Thanks Boost-lee!!!