freshly rebuilt turbo leaking..wtf..
now i got my turbo and all my ---- put on i ran my car and its pooring smoke....i look in my turbo and its filled with oil.. and im trying to figure out how this could be i just had the ------- thing rebuilt with new seals and everything...is there any thing else that could be causing this problem?
BRAND NEW Garretts should have 80psi max during warmup, but with a used turbine shaft I'd never go that high. W/o a restrictor it will be too high during startup and can push oil past the seals. It can also happen if you have a poor drain or too much crankcase pressure. I know a few setups where adding a catch-can reducing turbo smoking from bad to zero.
i was just bullshittin but ive heard his customer service was less than fucked new turbo's failing in 1 case and he just said user error and some rebuilds were worst than they were to begin with but no1's perfect
Originally Posted by HiProfile
BRAND NEW Garretts should have 80psi max during warmup, but with a used turbine shaft I'd never go that high. W/o a restrictor it will be too high during startup and can push oil past the seals. It can also happen if you have a poor drain or too much crankcase pressure. I know a few setups where adding a catch-can reducing turbo smoking from bad to zero.
Originally Posted by cannizzo-racing1990
well i kinda made my own oil restrictor with a ball valve inbetween my turbo and oil feed ...i put a gauge and brought it down to like 20-30 psi and its still leaking oil into my compressor houseing...and my oil feed is kinda...not as high as it probly should be but i cant see it making it fill up that bad in my houseing..what does an oil catch can do?
Originally Posted by crxvtec91
Drop it down more, like 10psi. Oil feed has nothing to do with it, how is your return line?
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Originally Posted by cannizzo-racing1990
its not as long as i would like it to be but i dont think that could be causing it to leak past the seals that bad can it?
Originally Posted by jagojon3
You want it as short as possible really. It can definitely cause problems if not done correctly.



mabey your oil press is to high use a restrictor or if you have one turn it down