Decent Turbo Repairer

[iamhe77]

Hey guys,

Anyone know of a GOOD turbo repairer in the S.E. suburbs of Melbourne?

The turbo on my M35 gave up last night. It just gave up! No smoke, just an odd sound then no boost.

Being that I live in Pakenham & work in Mornington, around that area would be perfect....

......although I would take it closer to the city if anyone knows of a particluarly good repairer.

[andy65b]

Hey guys,

Anyone know of a GOOD turbo repairer in the S.E. suburbs of Melbourne?

The turbo on my M35 gave up last night. It just gave up! No smoke, just an odd sound then no boost.

Being that I live in Pakenham & work in Mornington, around that area would be perfect....

......although I would take it closer to the city if anyone knows of a particluarly good repairer.

I don't know too much about turbo's but from what I have read there is usually a lot of smoke involved when they fail. I read about some one else with a similar problem and it was suggest that the check all the hoses for the turbo because if one cracks or they come off a mount there will be no boost.

Cheers

Andy

[dmonic1]

if u have been boosting it up past its boost limit then u could have exploded a wheel which will sound very bad and most probably end up in alot of smoke. if u have had no smoke u could possibly have just blown an intercooler hose off like the previous person stated. if u had blown a vacume line of u could have possibly had a massive boost spike which could destroy your turbo. i hope for you its just an intercooler line. i have scene where those turbo's are mounted and what a bitch.

[iamhe77]

if u have been boosting it up past its boost limit then u could have exploded a wheel which will sound very bad and most probably end up in alot of smoke. if u have had no smoke u could possibly have just blown an intercooler hose off like the previous person stated. if u had blown a vacume line of u could have possibly had a massive boost spike which could destroy your turbo. i hope for you its just an intercooler line. i have scene where those turbo's are mounted and what a bitch.

Car is Stock as a rock. All hoses and lines are connected. Car is in at the shop at the moment and apparently nothing is jumping out at the guys with the exception being that is is only making 0.6psi of boost!

Ever since I have had the car, the boost guage has only worked randomly. A new sensor was replaced at purchase, all hoses are clear from leaks and are clamped.

I can't help but think that this is going to be one of those "Well mate, done all we can but we can't figure it out but. By the way, here is our labour bill" type deals...

Quick thought... If you are going to design a turbocharged car, wouldn't you make the turbo reasonably accessible?

[RubyRS4]

Quick thought... If you are going to design a turbocharged car, wouldn't you make the turbo reasonably accessible?

It is! When the engine is not in the car!

[STAG250]

It is! When the engine is not in the car!

yup. get it re-built and should work better than standard.

[zei20l]

might sound dumb, but the wastegate actuator arm may have slipped off or bent for some reason? that would result in virtually no boost and also no smoke.

Edited June 18, 2008 by zei20l

[dmonic1]

if the actuator arm was bent it would probably produce more boost as that would more than likely make it shorter and harder to open to waste gate. i do think however if it has slipped off then yeah you would get next to no boost. i am driving with no actuator at the moment as the guys who are building my new turbo needed it. not fun driving around in an N/A car with a turbo bolted on. but a decent mechanic shop should have spotted this straight away.

[-NismoR32-]

Hey guys,

Anyone know of a GOOD turbo repairer in the S.E. suburbs of Melbourne?

The turbo on my M35 gave up last night. It just gave up! No smoke, just an odd sound then no boost.

Being that I live in Pakenham & work in Mornington, around that area would be perfect....

......although I would take it closer to the city if anyone knows of a particluarly good repairer.

i was going to get my turbo rebuild by ATP but ended with a HKS-2535.... But give them a call

they are about 20mins from Pakenham....

http://www.atpturbo.com.au/

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

Springvale , Westal rd more towards clayton ... www.recustoms.com.au they do a heap of engine rebuilds, or they can point you in the right direction

TJ

[coparts41]

Hi there , I live in Wesburn , If you can drive the car up ,maybe we can find the fault,cant be too much wrong.

[iamhe77]

Springvale , Westal rd more towards clayton ... www.recustoms.com.au they do a heap of engine rebuilds, or they can point you in the right direction

TJ

Thanks guys.

Actually, after the first "big name/rip off" workshop farted around with it for 2 days (and tried to bill me a rediculous amount of money for removing the front pipe), I decided to take it to RE Customs (who were very good with the car and have excellent customer service).

Brad & Michael got the turbo out without removing the engine and sent it iff to have it hi-flowed.

All steel internals used (T3 core) and it has not missed a beat since.

Just to let you know, the turbo shed some unwanted ceramic and needed new internals possibly due to the overly restrictive nature of the "compliance" exhaust which came on the car.

The exhaust has had no less than 4 cats removed from it (the factory cat is the only one to stay)!

Can't wait for my Fuji exhaust.... any day now

[DaveB]

Thanks guys.

Actually, after the first "big name/rip off" workshop farted around with it for 2 days (and tried to bill me a rediculous amount of money for removing the front pipe), I decided to take it to RE Customs (who were very good with the car and have excellent customer service).

Brad & Michael got the turbo out without removing the engine and sent it iff to have it hi-flowed.

All steel internals used (T3 core) and it has not missed a beat since.

Just to let you know, the turbo shed some unwanted ceramic and needed new internals possibly due to the overly restrictive nature of the "compliance" exhaust which came on the car.

The exhaust has had no less than 4 cats removed from it (the factory cat is the only one to stay)!

Can't wait for my Fuji exhaust.... any day now

wow, they got it out without removing the engine? those guys must be good