Cleaning turbo...
 

How would I go about cleaning it? Bought a 14b from a guy locally. I dont suppose spraying it with water would be a good idea? A few Q's: Whats the big round thing stuck to the turbo in the pic? And there was some oil around the turbine. That bad? Im gonna try take it apart later to clean it up and check out the inside.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...4/fc9dcbff.jpg

Re:Cleaning turbo...
 

the big round thing is the internal wastegate... I usually just clean with solvent/brake cleaner on the outside.. I do not know about internal cleaning

Re:Cleaning turbo...
 

i cleaned the compressor on mine with a wire brush...
i also cleaned the turbine housing a little, but was running out of brush...

http://www.crpud.net/~jbliss/pics/turbo_1.jpg

Re:Cleaning turbo...
 

take it all apart and clean it with brake clean and a tooth brush.

Jeff

Re:Cleaning turbo...
 

Cool thx. I'll post some pic later.

Re:Cleaning turbo...
 

rip it all apart and glass bead it if you have the facilities.

i used a tooth brush on the fins that had oil on em.. and it wasnt worth my time, got sick of that ---- and put it in the booth! >:(

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Dont wanna drive to get it beaded :P Anyways I just used a old shirt and some Simple Green. Got some 800 grit sand paper and sanded it a bit as well. Pics of the exhaust housing too. I didnt bother to clean that.

Kinda crusty
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...c/fc9ab4f1.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...0/fc9ab4e4.jpg

Crusty
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/fc9ab4c3.jpg

Is it supposed to have that extra bolt?
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...3/fc9ab4b0.jpg

Can I get rid of the wastegate thing? Dont look like it does jack.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...4/fc9ab49d.jpg

Slight crack. Problem?
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...b/fc9ab487.jpg

Bunghole
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...d/fc9ab47d.jpg

Bling
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...e/fc9ab472.jpg

Re:Cleaning turbo...
 

curious on what size adapter is leading to that -an 4 fitting?

turbo looks good, and that is a pretty normal crack on the wastegate housing..

Take off the o2 housing and inspect the wastegate flapper section for any others.

Jeff

Re:Cleaning turbo...
 

K will do later this week. Thx Jeff.
*edit*
Also should I use the 02 housing? Or just crack it off?

Re:Cleaning turbo...
 

mmm, looks pretty good.