turbo smoking like a train
09-30-2003, 08:53 PM
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turbo smoking like a train
i have an IHI RHB5 turbo that i just put on my 95 dohc neon. it was very clean when i got it, had very little shaft play, supposedly has pretty low milage on it, and i even put a rebuild kit in it. i've been having problems with smoke out my tailpipe. i have an oil pressure gauge and needle valve running the oil feed to the turbo. when i turn the oil pressure to the turbo to almost nothing the smoke from the tailpipe disappears, however i don't want to drop the pressure that much when i'm driving it. so i'm wondering why its burning oil so much. would it be doing it because the oil is running through the turbo upwards? that's about the only thing left i can think of. the inlet is on the bottom and return comes out the top. the return from the top goes down to the oil pan. i know that's messed up, but is there a way to spin the middle section to reverse the oil lines
any help appreciated
any help appreciated
09-30-2003, 09:35 PM
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Re:turbo smoking like a train
Oh ----!!! 
Turn that ****** around!!
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there's your problem!!
10-01-2003, 12:35 PM
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Re:turbo smoking like a train
Like said above man you cannto do that...I woudlnt drive that thing out of the driveway like that let alone go anywhere with it.
Get that fixed asap....otherwise you will be buying another turbo if you dont have to already
Get that fixed asap....otherwise you will be buying another turbo if you dont have to already
10-01-2003, 03:33 PM
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Re:turbo smoking like a train
haha, thanks i think i got my answer! i just installed it the way i got it, so the person i got it from was either running it the same way or he rotated it before he sent it to me for some reason. hope i didn't ---- up the new seals yet!
