So My Turbo Just Blew

[Sunkist]

damn.

[iamhe77]

I guess it depends on where you (or more importantly, the car) are located Sean

[simply_mighty]

  On 09/06/2011 at 4:19 AM, iamhe77 said:

I guess it depends on where you (or more importantly, the car) are located Sean

Both car and I located in Canberra, ACT.

Don't want to sell, but for reasons listed above it would probably be the best course of action for me

Sean

[scotty nm35]

Its only a short drive here.

Once the turbo and seal are done it should be a reliable car, no reason to sell it just because you are being stuffed around on the turbo.

[simply_mighty]

This is true,

Shift work, baby, Canberra winter, open air carport and no hoist are really putting me off. I'm a mechanic at heart but when you don't have the time..

[Sunkist]

man the amount of trouble ive had with the turbo, if it was you, you wouldve burnt chopped and laughed while it happened.

once you get it fixed, everything goes perfect!

[Daleo]

When you do your rocker cover gasket, just ensure everything is scrupulously clean and dry.

Clean the groove that the seal sits in with thinners or similar, and same with the sealing surface on the head. I'm assuming the seal may sometimes drop out of the groove as you are placing the cover back in position and not be noticed; the less slippery everything is, the less chance of it happening.

[simply_mighty]

Hey guys,

Well today Jetwreck came down from Sydney and helped (ie: did most of everything) with the turbo removal.

Let me just say - engine out would be so much easier... It took us a solid 7 hours.

Anyway, it appears there was an oil starvation issue to the turbo, which doesn't have much shaft play at all but the bearing is definitely shagged. Interestingly though, all the ceramic vanes are still attached.

So turbo is off to Hypergear for a rebuild and I'll be doing the roacker cover gasket while that's happening.

On another note, I have an aftermarket atmo venting Blitz BOV on the car. I hate the sound and attention so if anyone has a spare working factory BOV I will gladly straight swap with you provided you have the piping to the hard pipe at the front of the engine as well. Let me know if you want a BOV!

Cheers,

Sean

Edited June 16, 2011 by simply_mighty

[Sunkist]

  On 16/06/2011 at 10:01 AM, simply_mighty said:

Hey guys,

Well today Jetwreck came down from Sydney and helped (ie: did most of everything) with the turbo removal.

Let me just say - engine out would be so much easier... It took us a solid 7 hours.

Anyway, it appears there was an oil starvation issue to the turbo, which doesn't have much shaft play at all but the bearing is definitely shagged. Interestingly though, all the ceramic vanes are still attached.

So turbo is off to Hypergear for a rebuild and I'll be doing the roacker cover gasket while that's happening.

On another note, I have an aftermarket atmo venting Blitz BOV on the car. I hate the sound and attention so if anyone has a spare working factory BOV I will gladly straight swap with you provided you have the piping to the hard pipe at the front of the engine as well. Let me know if you want a BOV!

Cheers,

Sean

7 hours lol im assuming those heat shields wont be going back on..

get some 3m sticky shield! way better!

[Jetwreck]

  On 16/06/2011 at 11:19 AM, AaronNM35 said:

7 hours lol im assuming those heat shields wont be going back on..

get some 3m sticky shield! way better!

Heatshields were not really the problem....problem was 2 of the bolts on the dump would not crack...oh and one bolt on the heatshield.....everything else went along pretty well.

and I am pretty sure one of the heatshields wont be going on.

[Sunkist]

  On 16/06/2011 at 9:27 PM, Jetwreck said:

Heatshields were not really the problem....problem was 2 of the bolts on the dump would not crack...oh and one bolt on the heatshield.....everything else went along pretty well.

and I am pretty sure one of the heatshields wont be going on.

are you gonne use new studs??

i honestly reccomend it.. I used SS studs with copper washers.. they dont bind up together at all, but they're not hard to get off either for future reference...

worth the money

[Jetwreck]

  On 16/06/2011 at 9:40 PM, AaronNM35 said:

are you gonne use new studs??

i honestly reccomend it.. I used SS studs with copper washers.. they dont bind up together at all, but they're not hard to get off either for future reference...

worth the money

Aaron this will be up to the owner of the car....while I agree with you I doubt the turbo will be taken off again as he is getting his turbo done by Hypergear not some cheap dodgy guy!

[Sunkist]

yeh well advice is public isnt it..

cheap? no

dodgy? yess.

i wish i could ruin his name on here.

hyper gear said they would put a larger wastegate on mine for cheap.

coming off again in july annual leave lol im sick of doing it.

[Jetwreck]

  On 16/06/2011 at 10:46 PM, AaronNM35 said:

yeh well advice is public isnt it..

cheap? no

dodgy? yess.

i wish i could ruin his name on here.

hyper gear said they would put a larger wastegate on mine for cheap.

coming off again in july annual leave lol im sick of doing it.

slack arse.....come on buddy....it's only 2 hours work apparently!!!

Bet you wish you had paid extra and gone for the Precision turbo now!

Edited June 16, 2011 by Jetwreck

[Daleo]

So Hypergear have a highflow with good response now? Originally they wanted to go a bit big, right?

[Sunkist]

  On 16/06/2011 at 11:05 PM, Jetwreck said:

slack arse.....come on buddy....it's only 2 hours work apparently!!!

Bet you wish you had paid extra and gone for the Precision turbo now!

i honestly? i wish i went the GT core like yours.. if it turns out that this boost issue isnt fixable(which i doubt) i think im gonna hunt for a stock and send it to precision for the gt core.

[Jetwreck]

  On 16/06/2011 at 11:14 PM, AaronNM35 said:

i honestly? i wish i went the GT core like yours.. if it turns out that this boost issue isnt fixable(which i doubt) i think im gonna hunt for a stock and send it to precision for the gt core.

I know of a spare that might be available soon........one of the guy's from club AWESOME might have one!

[Sunkist]

iain?

scotts got one lol

[Jetwreck]

  On 16/06/2011 at 11:44 PM, AaronNM35 said:

iain?

scotts got one lol

Scott's one has not been touched by awesomeness!

[zei20l]

i can put the other one on my car and have 2 awesome turbos