Changing Over A Turbo?

[myblue_r32]

Hey guys, i blew up my turbo on my r32 on the weekend so i brought another stock r32 turbo just wondering how hard and how long it will take to swap over the turbos?

is it just a un bolt and bolt in affair?

[R31Nismoid]

Yes it is, but totally depends on how good you are with a spanner really.

You'd also use new gaskets.

[DRD-00F]

yay school holidays!

There are pretty much step by step guides in the DIY section. If you have the right tools, some patience, a friend and a bit of muscle you should be right... I whipped my turbo out the other night for the first time, but I had a mate there to guide me, AND he had better tools then me... bastard

[SECURITY]

its pretty simple if you know how to improvise. you will need to use the 'spanner on spanner' trick to get some leverage on the water lines - other than that the steps are simple.

in order: hoses and elbow, dump pipe/heat sheild off, while you're under the car loosen the clamp holding on the oil drain but dont take it off, top oil feed, flange bolts - dont undo all the way, only loosen it enough just to get enough space to get to the water line on the inside, once they're off you can pull the turbo out. from memory its a bit crap on the r32 to pull the turbo out the top, you MAY need to take it out through where the dump pipe was.

when re-assembling it all sit the oil drain first so youve got a bit of support when grabbing spanners and parts.

getting the water lines back on is the only hard part, my advice is to do these first, get the thread started on both sides then tighten them when you have. the rest is common sence.

also, replace all of the copper washers.

ive gotten it down to a 2hr, old out, new in mission. my first time took me 4hrs with a supercheap spanner and socket set. good luck mate.

[myblue_r32]

its pretty simple if you know how to improvise. you will need to use the 'spanner on spanner' trick to get some leverage on the water lines - other than that the steps are simple.

in order: hoses and elbow, dump pipe/heat sheild off, while you're under the car loosen the clamp holding on the oil drain but dont take it off, top oil feed, flange bolts - dont undo all the way, only loosen it enough just to get enough space to get to the water line on the inside, once they're off you can pull the turbo out. from memory its a bit crap on the r32 to pull the turbo out the top, you MAY need to take it out through where the dump pipe was.

when re-assembling it all sit the oil drain first so youve got a bit of support when grabbing spanners and parts.

getting the water lines back on is the only hard part, my advice is to do these first, get the thread started on both sides then tighten them when you have. the rest is common sence.

also, replace all of the copper washers.

ive gotten it down to a 2hr, old out, new in mission. my first time took me 4hrs with a supercheap spanner and socket set. good luck mate.

Thanks for your detailed post