ksmith44

Well picked up a 14b from my buddy.. it sat for awhile without the coolant and oil holes being plugged.. looks to be a lot of dirt in the coolant holes.. and figured the oil is the same.. can I use or spray anything in them to flush them out?? Tried searching but didn't find anything on this, thx!

busa4

purchase a rebuild kit for 50.00 and rebuild it. cheap insurance. mositure and dirt is never good for bearings so running a cleaner through it most likely will do nothing.

ksmith44

Ok.. well didn't wanna go that route if I didn't have to.. can anyone rebuilt it? No special skills or tools ? So is there anything I could use in the mean time to clean the gunk out? Carb cleaner or something?? Thx for reply btw!

busa4

try using brake cleaner. the only other thing i can think of is a hot tank. engine rebuild shops use hot tanks to clean all the grease and grime off of engines and cylinder heads. if the brake clean doesnt work see how much they would charge to clean the turbo with there hot tank.

ksmith44

Ok never thought of that! Ill try some brake cleaner n blow it all out with my compresser . Think hot tanking would be bad on the bearings and internals? Well I don't think break cleaner will be to bad for the oil feed side if I flush it with fresh oil after wards?? Thx guys!

Pen2_the_penguin

brake cleaner evaporates, so you dont need to flush after. Depending if the turbo has a restrictor in the oil inlet, how long it sat, and what type of environment it has seen... you might need to rebuild. I was able to save a T25 with blowing carb cleaner, followed by penetrating oil (wd-40) with a piece of vacuum line attached to the small straw and oil fitting... turbo ran fine, and it sat outside during winter under a table outside.

If you need to rebuild, its simple, the only IMPORTANT thing is to use white out or a sharpie to mark where the bolt is lined up on the compressor wheel BEFORE you take it apart. If you dont, and just take that thing apart, you will lose the balance of the shaft, causing the turbo to fail WAY to soon. Just take the white out or sharpie and put a nice straight line from center of shaft, to a blade on the compressor. On most turbos, the compressor nut is a backwards thread. The stuff I use to rebuild is

- whiteout
- small flat head screwdriver
- socketed and hand wrenches
- c-clip pliers
- small vice
- WD-40 (rusty bolts and helps clean)
- Some form of carbon cleaner (exhaust parts)
- assembly oil (self explanatory)



Here, I did a quick google search and found this for you:
Turbo Rebuild

Good luck