My car is down..again
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- 2001 Pro 2.0 LX
hope all is good man. man has that car seen it's share of mishaps
The funny thing is that the compression tests read 150 with the throttle closed, on forged internals. The significance of this fact is that with forged internals, the piston has to expand to fill the bore when the car warms up, and the car wasn't warmed up. I am definitely good...
Well, my car is down yet again. This time the bearings in the turbo are shot. Last night, I was driving out to a meet, and I heard this stange whine, and I got a sudden, but gentle buck. I pulled over, to check out things under the hood. I noticed when ever I would turn the car off, there was this gurgle from under the hood, like something was boiling... I would find out what that sound was til today. There were no vaccum leaks that I could see. So I rolled home, and resolved to check the car out in the morning when it cooled off.
This morning I went and checked the turbo first, and BINGO! I spun the compressor wheel, and heard noise. I then checked the oil feed line. There is indeed oil getting to the turbo. The restrictor was NOT clogged, and oil was shooting out of the feed line when I turned car on. When I turned the car off that gurgling sound returned. I then watched the compressor blades spinning, and they have a direct relationship with the sounds. When the blades stopped, so did the sound. I'm screwed.
This morning I went and checked the turbo first, and BINGO! I spun the compressor wheel, and heard noise. I then checked the oil feed line. There is indeed oil getting to the turbo. The restrictor was NOT clogged, and oil was shooting out of the feed line when I turned car on. When I turned the car off that gurgling sound returned. I then watched the compressor blades spinning, and they have a direct relationship with the sounds. When the blades stopped, so did the sound. I'm screwed.
02PROTEGE2.0
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- 1999 Audi A4 1.8t quattro manual
going back... u got lucky on the belt...
we did that wth my stepdads saab 95... drove it till we could pull it over safely... it started to steam a little...
turns out the whole crank pulley up and went... strange...
but none the less cost a couple G and then later we realized the head gasket was leaking oil bad...
so we traded it in and they didnt notice
then they called us a week later to let us know... haha... but it was too late... contracts were signed... oh well they still amde a killing off that car
we did that wth my stepdads saab 95... drove it till we could pull it over safely... it started to steam a little...
turns out the whole crank pulley up and went... strange...
but none the less cost a couple G and then later we realized the head gasket was leaking oil bad...
so we traded it in and they didnt notice
then they called us a week later to let us know... haha... but it was too late... contracts were signed... oh well they still amde a killing off that car
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- MSP 1145
turbo off of ebay man...they aren't that bad.
k-lea said:
Story of my life too. I think mine and Linux's car were made at the same exact factory. And everyone knows the deal with Ghost. lol
But my suggestion, go with a new turbo and check for other problems. The ball bearing turbo's are a b*tch to fix and they're expensive to get repaired. It's better off just buying a new one. You might be able to get away with a cheaper rebuilt one for less than what this guy will fix it for, but I'd just get a new one to be safe. Check for anything that also may have contributed to this thurbo's failure too while you're at it. You don't want to get a new turbo and have the same thing happen.
mazdaspeed75
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- 2003.5 mazdaspeed
Linux think about what we talked about , You could get my turbo setup and do a Nick upgrade man. Then my cars spirit would leave on . Anyway when you get back just let me know. Ill make the trip to the Big Dallas to bring it too you .,
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
good to see you are still plugging away patrick
Well, I took the GT28R turbo out today, and dropped the manifold off tonight to have it repaired. While I was there, I took off the internal wastegate (on the new GT28RS), and had the flapper shaft welded so that the the internal wastegate flap doesn't open anymore.
Pictures below of my old GT28R on the left vs. the GT28RS. I also know why my bearings failed. Oil got cooked!! Today's lesson = if you have a turbo with provisions for water lines, hook them up!!:
Pictures below of my old GT28R on the left vs. the GT28RS. I also know why my bearings failed. Oil got cooked!! Today's lesson = if you have a turbo with provisions for water lines, hook them up!!:
