oneforce

I just got my turbo in about two weeks ago, and now i see oil coming out of the compressor side. This only happen's when im above 4500rpm, it also puff's out a cloud of smoke from my tail pipe, when i'm at idle or light throttle it doesnt smoke or anything. My feed line is a dash4 line. I also have on a golden eagle sandwich plate. I just bought a dash3 line, but I want to know if the turbo is already toast before I even install the dash3 line. What do you guy's think?

boostedcivicsir

-4 with restrictor
-3 is ok w/o

chances are dammage is done.

oneforce

you guy's think oil will stop coming out of the compressor side if I switch to a -3?

Dartanian

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Nope, the turbo most likely needs to be rebuilt.

da_dude

The -3 an will still flow too much oil to the turbo. Just get a restrictor on and see if it goes away. If it doesn't then you can worry about getting it rebuilt. I'm running a -3 an feed line with a restrictor.

aryiman98civic

can you post up pictures of your oil lines with restrictors?

da_dude

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This is the one I am runnning with my -3 an feed line. Just put the restrictor to the turbo oil inlet, add a -3 AN Male to 1/ 8 in. NPT Male, and the connected it to your -3 an feed line. Hope this help.
http://www.atpturbo.com/Mercha...e=OIL

aryiman98civic

how does the restrictor work? how can you adjust how much psi goes in and out of the turbo?

da_dude

It is just a fitting with a tiny little hole that restrictor the oil so that you won't get like 70-80 psi @ WOT of oil pressure into your turbo. It pretty much stop your turbo seal from blowing out oil. Maybe somebody can put it into words better then me.

Boosted_Coupe

Sorry, not to go off topic too much here. But i started up my car for the first time monday night for total of about 1minute. I noticed alot of oil leaking out of my downpipe so i turned it off. It was a brand new rebuilt turbo, and i was using a -3 inlet. The place that rebuilt said to use an restrictor so i'm going to try that first before i send my turbo back to them. Do you guy's think the damage is done already?

jz98ctr

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can you tell us the year, make and model of the vehicle....and then the make and model of the turbo...might help.
if you're running a BB turbo then you'd most definitely need a restrictor and the -3 line is prolly a little overkill. the BB turbos need way less oil pressure than the standard journal bearing snails.


Modified by jz98ctr at 11:41 AM 6/1/2007

jz98ctr

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you too!!!!
Y,M,M of car with list of mods....what engine???
M,M of the turbo so we can actually make a valiant effort to help you.
i don't see how anyone can answer any question intelligently if the proper information is never given in the first place...all we can do is give you a generalized answer without the specifics being provided.

jz98ctr

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turb20_vtec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It is just a fitting with a tiny little hole that restrictor the oil so that you won't get like 70-80 psi @ WOT of oil pressure into your turbo. It pretty much stop your turbo seal from blowing out oil. Maybe somebody can put it into words better then me.</TD></TR></TABLE>

turbos don't need crazy amounts of oil pressure like your engine does. if you're running a BB turbo you need even less oil pressure than regular journal bearing turbos as to not blow out your turbos seals. you can't adjust the restrictor...it does that on its own. but there are adjustable restrictors. as turb20_vtec stated it's just a small fitting with a tiny hole in it instead of a huge hole. the tiny hole helps to "restrict" the amount of oil going to the CHRA of your turbo.

too much oil=blown seals and smoky exhaust


Modified by jz98ctr at 11:43 AM 6/1/2007

Boosted_Coupe

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you too!!!!
Y,M,M of car with list of mods....what engine???

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Stock b16a, T3/T04b watercooled w/360degree thrust upgrade 57trim
-3 inlet oil line, -10 return line -6 coolant lines