have a few turbo related questions
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have a few turbo related questions
What is the main cause of turbo seals to go bad?
My good friend has a Drag III Kit with a turbonetics turbo and we found oil in the charge pipe. and around the compressor blades.
Also... His downpipe bolts keep backing out. Why is this? Is there any cures for this problem?
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My good friend has a Drag III Kit with a turbonetics turbo and we found oil in the charge pipe. and around the compressor blades.
Also... His downpipe bolts keep backing out. Why is this? Is there any cures for this problem?
Thanks.
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Re: have a few turbo related questions (RyanAutry)
Turbo seals go bad with exsessive backpressure on the compressor blades. If say he doesn't employ a BOV. I've heard that's a common occurance on the turbonetics though. Mine hasn't had that problem yet though so I don't know if it's true.
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Re: have a few turbo related questions (RyanAutry)
What is the main cause of turbo seals to go bad?
My good friend has a Drag III Kit with a turbonetics turbo and we found oil in the charge pipe. and around the compressor blades.
Thanks.
My good friend has a Drag III Kit with a turbonetics turbo and we found oil in the charge pipe. and around the compressor blades.
Thanks.
As far as the seals go, at one time I thought that might have been due to the high oil pressure coming in from the feed line. IIRC turbos are supposed to have only 30-40 PSI of oil pressure, but if you dont use a reducer the oil pressure could get pretty high, 70-80 PSI...or whatever the average oil pressure is for a Honda motor.
EDIT: forgot to mention that this is only one thing that could be the cause of seal failures, there are other cuases for it too.
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Re: have a few turbo related questions (DIRep972)
If your not getting any smoke clouds behind you don't worry about it. My buddy and i just pulled off his intercooler and it had a good amount of oil residue in it.
Think of it this way you turbo charged a car that was never ment to be turbo charged.
Oil can be normal in the charge pipes, if it is too excessive you will see spray from your bov on the charge pipe as some pro drag racers do
Think of it this way you turbo charged a car that was never ment to be turbo charged.
Oil can be normal in the charge pipes, if it is too excessive you will see spray from your bov on the charge pipe as some pro drag racers do
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Re: have a few turbo related questions (spooled b16)
It shouldn't spray anywhere if set-up properly. If it's spraying check your breather valve. Where did you run it; a catch can? If not you probably should.
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