Rebuilding a Turbo & which rebuild kit???
08-18-2007, 04:26 PM
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1.0 BAR
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Rebuilding a Turbo & which rebuild kit???
im looking to rebuild my .60/.63 t3 anyone have any tips or links to good pages/writups?
also are the ebay kits any or should i go with a nother route.
i have searched and didn't find much, i know a lot of people say just send it to a turbo rebuilder, but im going to try myself, cause im cheap.
thanks
also are the ebay kits any or should i go with a nother route.
i have searched and didn't find much, i know a lot of people say just send it to a turbo rebuilder, but im going to try myself, cause im cheap.
thanks
08-18-2007, 04:47 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
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Re: Rebuilding a Turbo & which rebuild kit???
You'll never be able to balance the wheels and shafts properly and it'll probably wear out and die a lot quicker.
Scribe a line showing the relation of the compressor wheel with the shaft.
Scribe a line showing the relation of the compressor wheel with the shaft.
08-18-2007, 08:22 PM
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Posts: 877
Re: Rebuilding a Turbo & which rebuild kit???
Right now, your turbo is probably in good rebuildable shape.
you checked your local turbo rebuilder? how much? maybe it'S not that expensive.
DIY turbo rebuild is far from economic when you think about it: At worst, and it's the most common outcome, it will fail right away in a catastrophic fashion resulting in a much more costly rebuild or at best, it will work for a little while but then, you have no warranty. when it fails again, you're back to square one and you'll need to pay at least as much to start over.
The ebay "DIY turbo rebuild kit" is a hoax, a scam. There'S no such thing.
ebay peddlers are laughing while retailing 4$ chinese rebuild kits at 70$! They don'T tell they are useless oem size internals while oversized ones are most of the times required, they don't tell about the specialized tooling and craftmanship required to properly perform a turbo rebuild either.
you checked your local turbo rebuilder? how much? maybe it'S not that expensive.
DIY turbo rebuild is far from economic when you think about it: At worst, and it's the most common outcome, it will fail right away in a catastrophic fashion resulting in a much more costly rebuild or at best, it will work for a little while but then, you have no warranty. when it fails again, you're back to square one and you'll need to pay at least as much to start over.
The ebay "DIY turbo rebuild kit" is a hoax, a scam. There'S no such thing.
ebay peddlers are laughing while retailing 4$ chinese rebuild kits at 70$! They don'T tell they are useless oem size internals while oversized ones are most of the times required, they don't tell about the specialized tooling and craftmanship required to properly perform a turbo rebuild either.
08-18-2007, 08:42 PM
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Re: Rebuilding a Turbo & which rebuild kit???
Originally Posted by lilpooh21186
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Send it to Him^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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08-20-2007, 12:11 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 339
Re: Rebuilding a Turbo & which rebuild kit???
I got my turbo back from him in 3 days, although my blown 16g is still there lol, i bought it from some hmt guy and the thing was so fubared that it was unrebuildable. Best 100bux ever.
