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hello all, i have a dilemma with cracks on the inside and outside of a recently purchased rebuilt t3 hi flowed turbo for a r33 gtst... the bloke i bought it off claims he didnt know about the cracks and says he got it built at turbologic in portkembla and its never been used as of yet..

In someones knowledgable opinion is the housing completly screwed or can i bolt this up to my r33 and hope for the best?

if this turbo is indeed screwed why would turbo logic build it and give it back to the customer?

theres a big crack that leads to a hole, but the hole is right where it opens up anyway so would this be a problem?

Anyones advice,experience or info would be greatly appreciated thankyou :)

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pretty sure rebuilt means they use old housings and just put in a new turbine / wheel so it could well have been cracked before and he just got it rebuilt but was to scared to use it. I wouldent use it, does he have reciepts for rebuild? if not then assume its not rebuilt either.

hey, iv got all the old parts that were on the turbo before it was apparently rebuilt and it also looks like the whole turbo and housing has been acid dipped or somethin. the photos were taken inside the exhaust side of the turbo and theres no soot or anything..

I never thought to even check for cracks only check the fins for movement etc i feel like an idiot!!..

i just thought that if the housing was shagged why would the builder complete the job? i heard this turbologic place was good.......

I have seen plenty of cracked turbo housings, its fairly common on the xr6 gt35 rears and usually around the wastegate. I doubt it would cause you problems but I wouldn't want it inside my turbo. >_<

I won't worry too much about the hair cracks around the wastegate hole. But the split inside the turbine housing is no good. I've seen few happened to some old VLT T3 turbos, this turbo would need a new turbine housing.

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