starting for the first time
 

i'm just coming to the end of my turbo build and was wondering how i go about starting the car which out causing damage to the turbo or engine.

the engine has new internals and hasn't been started before, the car hasn't had an engine in for over a year now so it's probalby guna b cranky!!

i've got a brand new turbo on her which states that someone should hold the turbine still :-\ when the car is started and hold them for a few minutes so that a decent amount of oil is sent through!! then let it go and let her idle for 15mins to break her in, then drive her gently to break the whole engine and set up in.

is this the best way to do it, as im not to keen on holding the blades still when shes started :l

obviously i wouldnt put my hand in once she's already spinning, there is no need as i clipped my nails last nite!!

so how do i start her for the very first time?

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Turbo break in consist of pulling the ignition fuse and cranking the engine over in 5 second (or however long you wants) intervals for about a minute. This will create oil pressure at the turbo and lubricate it before your 1000 degree exhausts gases send it into a 100,000 rpm spin.

As for your engine, beats me/. :l

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good idea but i think this is a misconception. People need to realize that some turbos (mostly big ones on small displacement cars), may barely spin at idle, some don't spin at all at idle. Besides, how long do you really think it's going to take for that oil to reach the turbo? Just don't turn the key and dump the clutch in a burnout and you should be good :1

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I've never done the turbo break-in thing. I think it's just superstition O0

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This is true.

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yea at 60psi in the line i think oil would hit the turbo instantly.

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for future reference I come from the subaru world. Starting a car without priming the turbo will damage it. Better safe than sorry.

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Does that mean the subaru world is a bunch of idiots? :P Oil is to take heat away from the turbo. At startup there isn't any heat that is going to make a difference in the .000003 seconds it takes to get oil to the turbo. Damaging a turbo by not priming it is just a way for manufacturers to screw you out of the warranty of a fucked turbo. Not that it causes it, but they can say, "Oh, you mean you didn't do that? Well, we can't cover it." ::)

Start the car, let it idle for 15 minutes. Shut off and let it cool down all the way. Then start it and idle again for 15 minutes, then go out and put some load on it at different rpms. Oh, and don't think too hard. ;)

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if it really bothers you that much, just pour a little 10w-30 into the turbo oil feed port before you put the line on. As long as you have a little oil in the turbo its fine to start it up. Dont forget that the turbos done need much oil pressure anyway....

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just dont rip it a new ass for a while....be easy :6