oil in brand new turbo
05-02-2006, 09:33 PM
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Re: oil in brand new turbo
cranked the engine over without starting it when i put the turbo on to "prime it"
turbo has side to side shaft play and did the minute i took it out of the box
i thought the shaft play might go away when oiled but i guess not
all in all after all my hardships of thinking it was my drain my feed and all that nonsense it turns out the turbos shot
looks like westcoast turbo will be getting a phone call from a not so happy customer in the morning
turbo has side to side shaft play and did the minute i took it out of the box
i thought the shaft play might go away when oiled but i guess not
all in all after all my hardships of thinking it was my drain my feed and all that nonsense it turns out the turbos shot
looks like westcoast turbo will be getting a phone call from a not so happy customer in the morning
05-02-2006, 10:13 PM
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Re: oil in brand new turbo
Originally Posted by illestrolla247
well i have installed a restrictor-still smokes even when almost closed
upgraded my drain and re done it 3 times finnaly got it semi downhill with 5/8 line -still smokes
how long would it have taken to blow the seals out on the turbo when i had a bad drain and no restrictor
like i said the turbo was from westcoastturbo and was fresh when i got it
upgraded my drain and re done it 3 times finnaly got it semi downhill with 5/8 line -still smokes
how long would it have taken to blow the seals out on the turbo when i had a bad drain and no restrictor
like i said the turbo was from westcoastturbo and was fresh when i got it
05-03-2006, 12:44 PM
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Re: oil in brand new turbo
Originally Posted by BLAAST
can'T help asking...
WHat do you all refer to by "BLOWING THE SEALS" ?
WHat is that mysterious part in a t3/t4 turbo that can be "blown" by too much oil pressure??
WHat do you all refer to by "BLOWING THE SEALS" ?
WHat is that mysterious part in a t3/t4 turbo that can be "blown" by too much oil pressure??
When I had oil leakage problems in my IHIs I rebuilt them only to find that there were no seals in there to blow. Turns out the sealing in question was in my motor (ie blowby) not in the turbos. It wasn't a bad idea to rebuild em anyway.
Erich
05-03-2006, 10:31 PM
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Re: oil in brand new turbo
Originally Posted by BLAAST
can'T help asking...
WHat do you all refer to by "BLOWING THE SEALS" ?
WHat is that mysterious part in a t3/t4 turbo that can be "blown" by too much oil pressure??
WHat do you all refer to by "BLOWING THE SEALS" ?
WHat is that mysterious part in a t3/t4 turbo that can be "blown" by too much oil pressure??
(Quote from Blaast Performance)
The proper terminology is "worn turbine-end piston ring or grove", not "blown seals"
05-05-2006, 12:04 AM
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Re: oil in brand new turbo
Originally Posted by illestrolla247
ive made an uncountable amount of phone calls to westcoast yet nothing
emails as well
TERRBILE customer service
anyone know a place to get a good rebuild
emails as well
TERRBILE customer service
anyone know a place to get a good rebuild
05-05-2006, 07:42 PM
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Re: oil in brand new turbo
Exactly.
WEar of the piston ring and/or it's groove on the shaft. It all boils down to that simple problem as far as oil leakage is concerned on a journal turbo.
So if you did experience some turbo leakage due to an installation problem such as excessive oil feed or restrictive return line, or engine blowby, this leakage did NOT cause any "SEAL" to "BLOW".
So if you fixed your installation problem, leakage will stop and turbo is fine.
but don'T drive a leaker for too long, watch out for the diamond-hard coked oil mess that gathers behind the heat shroud and eventually cause failure.
WEar of the piston ring and/or it's groove on the shaft. It all boils down to that simple problem as far as oil leakage is concerned on a journal turbo.
So if you did experience some turbo leakage due to an installation problem such as excessive oil feed or restrictive return line, or engine blowby, this leakage did NOT cause any "SEAL" to "BLOW".
So if you fixed your installation problem, leakage will stop and turbo is fine.
but don'T drive a leaker for too long, watch out for the diamond-hard coked oil mess that gathers behind the heat shroud and eventually cause failure.
