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Old 04-12-2013, 08:54 AM
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okay so i got my trubo in however the stock wastegate actuator had been removed so i need to buy another Garrett GT28RS Wastegate Actuators GT2560 6 7PSI Garrett Part 448734 5 | eBay

how much would you not trust this? or am i safe to buy it
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Nobody knows. That's the fun of buying ebay parts. Will it open at the proper time and keep your engine from blowing up?

My guess is there is probably a reason that this one is 90% cheaper than the genuine units.
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I dont see the problem, its probably the same actuator used on churbos.
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I have had great luck with Chinese actuators and so have dozens of others on this site. A person would need to be pretty fucken stupid not to set up overboost protection in case any component malfunctioned, but even more so if trying out a new actuator for the first time. So the risk is minimal. Good luck.
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Ah, good to know. All my searches for 'ebay' and 'wastegate' came up with people asking about ebay MBCs.
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