Waste Gate Has Droped Help!

[Woody1]

Hey guys, the turbo itself is 100% perfect, was only rebuild 40,000km ago, well so i am told but who knows these days right?

My car is a Stock R33 Gts-T Mspec S2, Running the stock t3 turbo with an internal wastegate, but the flap has now droped and is not sealing and also is hitting my dump pipe and getting jamed open.

Is there a service kit i can buy to fix the waste gate i.e rebush it?

Should i just drill out the wastegate and plug the hole and put an external wastegate in the twin dump pipe?

Or should i go a whole new turbo?

I just want the car fixed and running again, i dont want to spend a furtune but i also dont want a cheap fix.

If anyone has any ideas please share them with me !!!!

[Devils_Advocate21]

if possible take a photo? im sure you can just fix the flapper...

[Woody1]

if possible take a photo? im sure you can just fix the flapper...

One would think so hey? i made calls to alot of place's that deal with turbos and they dont sell service kits or anything to rebush them, was told i could but a destroyed turbo and try and swap the waste gates over, but i dont think it would work to be honest, somthing that gets as hot as a turbo that has bushes will prob's fall apart when i pull it apart.

Does anyone know if its possible to do this or rebush it?

[GeeTR]

Not sure what a "dropped wastegate" is. Pictures tell a thousand words. Post some pictures. If the flap has fallen off, getting another and welding it on can be done etc.

[s13_Skyline_inside]

just from what you've described sounds like mayby you need to be looking in the actuator area, cause all the wastgate is on a stock turbo is just simply a gate, if its comming loose and hitting the dump pipe, my advise if you want to save money would be just take the turbo off yourself and give it to gcg or another turbo place directly so you dont have to go to a workshop and see what they say about it and go from there.

[Woody1]

Okay guys here is a picture, the parts that the arrows are pointing to have worn grooves and is now sticking on aplication, is there anywhere that will sell a rebushing kit that they know of. Thanks

[GeeTR]

Cools, I'm with you now.

I'm not sure on the design of the seal used on that shaft. For the effort of possibly reaming it out, and sleeving it, a second hand turbine housing would cost very little i would imagine. The service your turbo got, revolves around the core or cartridge, so you wouldn't be loosing the $ spent there.

Just some thoughts

Edit: If you do get it "serviced" in some way, be sure to respond back, as I’m pretty interested in your dilemma.

Edited December 1, 2007 by GeeTR