reed857

alright before the bashing startes I know I am a dumbass.
okay so the other day I had my intake pipe off my turbo to try and get to something. I left the rubber thing on there. buddy got in a wresk so I just got in my car (with the rubber thing on the turbo) and went to go get him.

long story short during that ride and ever since when it starts spooling after 5000 it kinda sounds like a supercharger. after I found out my buddy was okay(well he is still alive) I poped my hood to find that the rubber peice got sucked in the turbo inlet. it only did alittle damage to the rubber peice but doesnt look like major damage to the turbo.

has anyone ran into something like this. I thought that maybe a slight bend in one of the fins would cause the "whistling" effect, or maybe a bearing any help is appreciated as always.

reed857

bump before I blow something up...

JDM00SI

i hope your turbo is warrantied

drintegra

check for shaft play and thrust play contact the manufaturer to determine service limits and then pray that the rubber piece got sucked in and melted away or is sitting in your intercooler waiting for you to take it out. Good luck

D@nnY

the wheel being damaged will make it sound like that...and youll loose power

reed857

thanks all for the replies. its wasnt a big chunk just noticeable. I think that it kinda rubbed it until it was worn. so just the fans being damaged (chipped) it will make that noise? dont think its a bearing? boost levels still look the same cant really tell about the power difference though.

reed857

bump for me being a dumbass

T3T495GSR

bump

nfn15037

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM00SI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i hope your turbo is warrantied </TD></TR></TABLE>

Warranties are not there to bail out idiots when they do idiot things.

The noise comes from all the turbulence you created by chipping the blades and changine their carefully engineered aerodynamic shape.

reed857

thats actually what I was hoping for. I mean its the least of the evils.

Soccerking3000

are any of the fins actually chipped? i dont see how a ceramic or steel turbine would chip from a small piece of rubber, i would think it would just shave it off little by little (the rubber piece) i bet its fine, take a picture of the turbine and post it up

reed857

I will do that right after I look at the thread on how to post. pics will be up tomorrow thanks.

Soccerking3000

just host them and then put the URL between the brackets

reed857

alright well I hope this helps. I noticed a bend in the turbine so I am hoping that is all it is.

here is the rubber peice.


here the same peice up close


here is the turbine



another close up




what do you guys think? I am screwed?

turbotime

does not look good

reed857

but that sjust for the fins right? I mean the turbo isnt going to blow up. I think that it can last alittle while. what do you guys think?

turbotime

are the inner fins bent badly? like inside the compressor housing? does it still spin?

I think youll be fine for a while, may want to put a screen on something in your charge pipe just in case it shatters or something

reed857

I havent taken it apart to see if the compressor fins are bent but yes it still spins and spools still gets to 14 psi. I know dumb to try but I didnt know what the issue was at first. yeah I have a honeycomb filter on my pipe just in case.

turbotime

i think your ok it just prolly will lead to an early seal failure cause im sure that bend throw the balance off....

B18C1CYA

Did you run a filter ???

Soccerking3000

you only have one bent fin you should be ok, but like said before it will most likely cause a slight vibration and lead to premature bearing/seal wear. I would keep running it though

shortyz21

i dont think your spool times are gonna be the same, that one blade is royally fucked up.

sucks...

reed857

thanks for all the replies guyes. glad to hear you dont think its too bad. what do you guys think about trying to straighten it?? maybe with some clamp grips or something I can fit in there?

turbotime

leave it like it is, trying to fix it will prolly do more damage than good

you may want to take the compressor housing off to make sure the inner fins are still ok

coneheadsracing

My ebay turbo came with a small curl like that, only smaller. I tried to straighten it, which worked, but it put a small crack in it, and i ended up getting a new one from the seller. So, if you do, i'd take it all apart, and use heat maybe, but otherwise if your still boosting and its not hitting the housing just use it, but you could wear out your bearings faster as it could make it out of balance when boosting. No proof to back that up though, just a thought.