Holy wtf mate, I need turbo help please.
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Holy wtf mate, I need turbo help please.
Ok...so what the ****. Greddy kit, SS oil line, 5/8" drain line, MS, stock injectors, etc.
Finally got the car to start, cold start still wont work. Idles ok, drives fine with the wastegate wired open, like a champ. Really rich if anything.
I decide to see what happens wastegate closed...go out, car gets very shitty all of a sudden, no throttle response...doesn't make boost, turn around, maybe a mile round trip....WTF?
I get the car back in the garage, pull the air filter off...turbo wont spin, its ******* locked the hell up.
I give it a second to cool, use a socket to twist...feels TIGHT, wont spin very well.
Cools a bit more, turbo spins perfect...like a damn ball bearing. So I check the oil feed, plenty of oil there and inside the top of the turbo. I start the car, it works...sitting still car idles better, runs, etc...give it some gas, and makes 4-5 lbs of boost just sitting there.
Turn it off, check, spins PERFECT...start car again, its locked up.
It is a BRAND new rebuilt turbo...I'm running mobile 1 synthetic. Timing should be good...
Think the bearings are fried...? It spun perfectly before I installed it...spun perfect when I let the car idle...FAST at idle too.
What the heck could have happened?
And...if I fux0red a bearing, I assume I can get a rebuild kit for it? *off to search*
Thanks guys.
Finally got the car to start, cold start still wont work. Idles ok, drives fine with the wastegate wired open, like a champ. Really rich if anything.
I decide to see what happens wastegate closed...go out, car gets very shitty all of a sudden, no throttle response...doesn't make boost, turn around, maybe a mile round trip....WTF?
I get the car back in the garage, pull the air filter off...turbo wont spin, its ******* locked the hell up.
I give it a second to cool, use a socket to twist...feels TIGHT, wont spin very well.
Cools a bit more, turbo spins perfect...like a damn ball bearing. So I check the oil feed, plenty of oil there and inside the top of the turbo. I start the car, it works...sitting still car idles better, runs, etc...give it some gas, and makes 4-5 lbs of boost just sitting there.
Turn it off, check, spins PERFECT...start car again, its locked up.
It is a BRAND new rebuilt turbo...I'm running mobile 1 synthetic. Timing should be good...
Think the bearings are fried...? It spun perfectly before I installed it...spun perfect when I let the car idle...FAST at idle too.
What the heck could have happened?
And...if I fux0red a bearing, I assume I can get a rebuild kit for it? *off to search*
Thanks guys.
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maybe try disconnecting your oil drain, plugging the engine port, hold it over a drain pan, and have someone idle the car for a second or two? it'll waste a little oil but it'll at least tell you it's getting oil. and it shouldn't be too high pressure either.
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I'll have to check that.
prolly best to pull the drain and make sure I'm getting flow THROUGH the turbo.
It seems pretty random, sometimes it'll spin ok, sometimes it wont spin at all...no inbetween.
prolly best to pull the drain and make sure I'm getting flow THROUGH the turbo.
It seems pretty random, sometimes it'll spin ok, sometimes it wont spin at all...no inbetween.
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the compressor wheel feels fine. I wonder if its just catching on the turbine side?
It'll spin perfectly at idle sometimes, and then other times it will lock up, as in, you can rev/load the **** out of it and it wont move...then have to take a socket and try to move it to no avail.
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Turbo is going to need a rebuild, and I'd inspect the compressor/turbine blades as well to make sure they weren't damaged if they hit the housing walls. I can't think of any reason for a healthy turbo not to spin freely by hand.
Forgot to ask, did you clock the housing? I'd check the housing alignment as well, particularly the turbine side. A slightly cockneyed housing could cause a problems as well.
Forgot to ask, did you clock the housing? I'd check the housing alignment as well, particularly the turbine side. A slightly cockneyed housing could cause a problems as well.
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Turbo is going to need a rebuild, and I'd inspect the compressor/turbine blades as well to make sure they weren't damaged if they hit the housing walls. I can't think of any reason for a healthy turbo not to spin freely by hand.
Forgot to ask, did you clock the housing? I'd check the housing alignment as well, particularly the turbine side. A slightly cockneyed housing could cause a problems as well.
Forgot to ask, did you clock the housing? I'd check the housing alignment as well, particularly the turbine side. A slightly cockneyed housing could cause a problems as well.
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Turbo is going to need a rebuild, and I'd inspect the compressor/turbine blades as well to make sure they weren't damaged if they hit the housing walls. I can't think of any reason for a healthy turbo not to spin freely by hand.
Forgot to ask, did you clock the housing? I'd check the housing alignment as well, particularly the turbine side. A slightly cockneyed housing could cause a problems as well.
Forgot to ask, did you clock the housing? I'd check the housing alignment as well, particularly the turbine side. A slightly cockneyed housing could cause a problems as well.
I didn't clock it yet. It looks like the factory position.
I'm just slightly confused as why it only spins some of the time. *sigh*
Now I'm debating rebuilding it myself, or sending it off...or sending it off and having it rebuilt, and machined for a larger compressor wheel, installed and rebalanced. *hmmm*
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