I Think I Killed My Turbo!

[J4M3S]

i just "tried" to install the turbo controller and when i was running the car to find how to have the controler so it would run at 10 pound but the guage kept hitting something like 20 pound. i kept trying to change it but it wouldn't go down and now when i run the car and open the throttle all the way smoke comes out the exhaust and it doesn't sound like the turbo is spinning....wat do u think it is?...also wat can i do?

[PM-R33]

Specs on the car will help, was it a stock turbo? What colour is the smoke?

[J4M3S]

Specs on the car will help, was it a stock turbo? What colour is the smoke?

stock turbo white smoke

[FLY12N]

Does it actually boost? If not, it sounds like a blown turbo. If it does but it blows smoke, you have probably burned the oil seals out.

[J4M3S]

Does it actually boost? If not, it sounds like a blown turbo. If it does but it blows smoke, you have probably burned the oil seals out.

well i think thats it.

[PM-R33]

Take the dump pipe off and check whether you have an exhaust wheel inside of it.

Edited December 7, 2008 by PM-R33

[PHA71L]

you do know the stock gauage is not in psi?!!!!!!!!

you have fitted it the wrong way around i would say.....

if you fit it the wrong way like i warned you about doing you will run UNLIMTED boost!

your turbo is dead so go find another one in good cond and cough up the $$$$

[grippy]

I blew my stock turbo from a RB20det from running too much boost and we found the remains of the turbine wheel in a thousand little pieces in the cat.

Pull your cat off and you will soon know.

I'm pretty sure that's what you have done, the ceramic turbo's can't take much boost. Good excuse to buy a HKS GT2530 and pump it up to 200wk++!

Good luck..

Grippy

[PHA71L]

the more you drive it the worse it will get!

and some of the turbo could go into your motor!

so unles you have a spare 5grand laying around i would not be driving it until you get it fixed!