turbo durability to foreign objects
 

I have a question for you guys.

say objects are sucked into the compressor, what would actually break the turbo?

say an o-ring got sucked into my turbo. would that kill it?

story behind the question: i was installing an aftermarket dv valve (mounted on teh compressor of my car), and an o-ring from the main seal got loose and sucked in, it now makes a slight dentist drill noise, quiet with stock intake, loud with aftermarket intake.

does this mean that the o-ring has killed it? its been 1000 miles now and the turbo still hasnt died.

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does soft rubber break steel? niggar.

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If it was soft rubber you're probably fine. Just check your fins for damage and make sure the turbo spins freely still. Compressor wheels don't stand up to anything that's not soft lol. They spin at 100k+ rpm and that ---- will just end it, but rubber may have been soft enough it just disintegrated and shot it into your charge system. Hopefully it didn't make it through your throttle body, but a little bit of tiny rubber chunks probably wouldn't be all that major.

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What compressor is steel NIGGAR :1

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Exactly.

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care to explain how that guy welded on fins then?

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dentist drill noise = bad turbo

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He did that on a turbine wheel.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHsKNdtKE28


yup.

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hmm, mine doesnt sound like that, even with my aftermarket intake on. its much higher pitched, but im sure all turbos are different.

i ran some boost logs again, and the turbo is still boosting just fine, its reaching the requested boost levels.

been to 2 dealers, one of them decidied to be an ass and say that i HAD an intake on the car and that they found a chip(which is impossible to do with their scan tools).

and the other one says its normal.

so if it was a soft rubber o-ring, say like the ones you find inside paintball guns... no damage could have been done right?

how would i go about looking inside my turbo? the inlet pipe is part of the compressor and extends all the way to the turbo itself, im pretty sure its a welded on inlet.

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still maken boost right





so ---- it
rock it out
the one shop said it was normal
try another shop or post vid w/ sound

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This is what happens when you don't put a screen on your turbo :y
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...d/DSCN6734.jpg

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how does that happen with no screen?
i haven't had any problems with no filter at all

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i'll try to get the aftermarket intake back in (its louder with that one) and get a video w/ sound.

but first im gonna try one more dealership.

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Then it's just a matter of time. It happens because something that was bigger than the gap in the fins got in there and pwned the compressor wheel. One of my friends turbos had the nut that holds the compressor wheel on come off some how and it made hella noise when he made boost, but was quiet at idle. We pulled the intake off, and it looked a lot like Loudnproud's picture. I'd do the same, take a look at the compressor wheel and if the fins look normal I wouldn't worry about. Not like there's much you could do if there was some other problem.

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The guy i got the turbo from said it sucked a nut in to it when he was on a run.

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bud of mine sucked his screen into the turbo while i was tuning it on the dyno. car just hiccup'd like it was getting detonation, checked the maps and datalog and everything was fine. found out the screen was missing :P

pulled the charge pipe off the hot side of the IC and there is was, all mangled up in the fins. turbo was just fine though

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lol your turbo sucks nuts.

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Dam i been http://www.3geez.com/forum/images/smilies/owned.gif

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so it has been about 2400 miles, and the turbo still makes noise, still makes boost at the requested boost areas.

performance is still the same.

so what does this mean?

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it means you're being a woman.

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elaborate.

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It means your turbo is working fine, and you need to stop being a little girl worrying about it.

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if the fins are fine and the inside of the compressor housing is not beat to ---- your fine. turbos make noise.