ajpturbopittsburgh

http://www.procivic.com/pages-produc...651/index.html

How do you go about getting a kit like this installed for 3800 Ivtec? Even in one of the cheap greddy kits you will have unforeseen costs and I'd say you would have 6 grand in it by the time it's said and done.

i-VTEC_DOHC

i get hooked up at the local shop.
they have a direct wholesale account with options auto
which is in azusa, and im only an hour away from them, which means low shipping costs
and the whole sale price is also lower for my local shop because the owners of the local shop and options auto went to school together back in the day.

k20powered

if its the return line would it smoke under the hood just curious? also would the exhaust side of the turbo be wet wit oil if it was the return line?

i-VTEC_DOHC

is that happening now?

k20powered

no it smokes from the tail pipe as soon as i touch the gas petal in neutral. nothing smoking under the hood which leads me to believe its the turbo.

ajpturbopittsburgh

You have it backwards bro!

If the oil can't drain due to being located to low in the pan, it gets backed up and blows by the seals and smokes out of the exhaust!

k20powered

i understand that but there an si with the same return set up i have which is at the drain plug wit the banjo bolt and he is running fine.. but i wont find out till tomorrow when the turbo comes off..but i was gonna try and start the car without the return line hooked up to the drain plug to see how it flows.

ajpturbopittsburgh

well you will have to relocate the oil return anyway, even if you rebuild the turbo. So I would do that first and then you may get lucky and the turbo will be fine.

The other guy may be running low on oil and then once the oil is circulated through the motor he may very well not smoke like you say.

2008fijibluesi

Rebuild the turbo anyway. If you really got the deal you say you did, something was probably wrong. Better safe than sorry.

k20powered

yup called the place today and they told me a basic rebuild is $325..but somewhere in the back of my head i have a feeling is also the return or feed line...the return line is draining into the drain plug via a banjo bolt and i know that u should have the return line as far up but then again the turbo could be really bad so its a lose lose rite now.

ajpturbopittsburgh

^Right. So that's why I say relocate the return in the pan first because if the smoking goes away then you don't have to rebuild. If you rebuild first I gaurantee you still will have to relocate the return and you would've spent 325 too much.

k20powered

understood. turbo came off today and oil was everywhere..i have picture i will get up soon.