turbo ticking noise ?

[DJ_L3ThAL]

ok well at least its not a serious problem

how can i ehck the seal myself ? or should i leave it to the experts and tell them what has been suggested as being the prob on these forums ?

and im not losing oil i checked it as stone cold this morning and it showed up as nice n full but i do think perhaps ive lost a couple hundred mLs so ill cehk cooler piping anyways

[YBSLO4]

Definately check cooler piping and cooler itself i think you'll find a bit of oil sitting in the bottom of the cooler. As for the seal get it done preofessionally, not good to play round with unless you know what ya doing. WIll more than likely be your exhast seal, very common on boosted stock R33 turbos.

[MotoX]

DJ_L3ThAL

my car did a similar thing to what your explaining. on the manifold theres a metal gasket that attaches to your turbo exhaust flange.

theres alot of strees on that area due to it holding up part of your exhaust and turbo, lots of them break if its not tentioned correctly.

the gasket costs $47 from nissan.

to check if its blown, remove your heat gaurd over your turbo (exhust wheel side) and look under if for any carbon deposits(black shit). also run your finger along the bottom and sides see if you get any black on your hand. if so then its 99%chance you have blown that gasket.

mine started off ticking jsut slightly, then it got worse, then i was ticking sooooooooo bad. turns out about 2cm of it spat out.

to replace it, you need to undo the water and oil lines that connect to your turbo, pretty much have to take everything off your turbo so you can make it 4cm towards you.

hope this helps

[DJ_L3ThAL]

yep thansk bro, just got back form ice performance, straight away they said the noise (they listened while idling) was the turbo 'farting' because the gasket has blown, not exactly sure which gasket has blown they didnt say exactly but its gunna be around $250 for a replacement.. so sounds like ive got the same problem as sumfatchin

will get that replaced monday then all should be sweet

[Al]

Does this "ticking" noise kinda' sounds like a duck under your bonnet?

My mates cappa has been doing it for months, if not over a year . We eventaully guessed it was one of the gasgets, but still haven't replaced it.

[DJ_L3ThAL]

a duck no lol.. its very faint at the moment.. but its gunna get louder as i let it go (blows off more pieces of the gasket) but im getting it replaced monday

[LANDSCRIBBLE]

ah thank god i found this thread!

was driving home from work earlier tonight and after 30 mins or so, as i was nanny'ing it up through the gears it started making said farting noise, exactly like u guys explained it coming from around the turbo. i actually hope its the gasket and not a turbo bearing or something to do with the engine

got it towed to my mechanic just to be safe though lol.

anyone know if this would be covered under the AWN warranty its got?

cheers.

[LANDSCRIBBLE]

shit i got a knack for un-knowingly digging up old threads..