Torbo Drama

[fatz]

anyone had this drama

basically the turbo i have has a leak beteen the core and the exhaust housing

can it take it off and just buy a gasket remove the core and tighten it up or is this a job for a turbo specialist?

is it as simple as the above or could there be another drama

basically when its cold it leaks but after 10 minutes it all heats up and the leak disapears.

any sugestions

thanks in advance

pete

[R31Nismoid]

i think it is just a gasket pete!

i could well be wrong... i presume you've given the bolts all a once-over?

[Lazy-Bastard]

are you sure it's leaking at the core?

I had a similar problem a while back and I thought I had a boost leak, coz when the engine was cold I could hear this high pitched squeal as the turbo was spooling (not even making positive boost), but it disappeared when the engine warmed up.

The REAL problem showed itself after 2 hard sessions at darlington park at which time the exhaust manifold gasket(head > log manifold) shat itself. Obviously it had a minor leak for a while and the sustained hi revs etc saw the end of it.

Just a suggestion

Edited August 22, 2005 by Lazy-Bastard

[fatz]

definately leaking between the core and the exhaust housing

ill give all the nuts a once over first and report back

migt have to come of due to the tight nature of the setup underneath

pete

[fatz]

yup nut of the reqar houseing were a tad loose seems to have fixed the problem

cheers

pete