today i installed my turbo, and dumb *** me forgot to put oil in it, i started the car and reved it, it was on for liek 3 seconds. as soon as i saw the oil light, i shut it off. then i realized i forgot to put oil back in. i havent started it since. but you think there could be any problem with it? it wasnt on long at all. i know, im a dummy

 

put oil in it and fire it up, only way to find out, should be fine tho if it only ran for 3 secs

 

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well 1st u r completely retarted. if u litterally mean 3 sec., yes u r lucky and it SHOULD be allright PROVIDED u just drained the oil and it was a heavier weight. like say a 10w30.

if the car died b4 u shut it off u may be screwed

i have seen people do this b4 and there b-series have survived.

 

it might have been more then 3 second. i dint count cuz i wasnt thinking. but as soon as the light came on, i instantly shut it off. i hope im in the clear. what could come from this?
it didnt die. i shut it off. and for the record, it was a long hard day, i was anxious and angrey and didnt think. i had a small leka in the oil return, so i drained the oil to patch the leak. im sure then was some oil in the car. but as soon as the light came on, i shut it off

 

did u fill the oil line for the turbo?
i allways prime new turbos

 

how did u not notice they make sooooo much noise when they dont have oil

 

liek i said, there was oil in it, i started it up and everyhitng was cool and so forth. i drained it real quick to fix the leak and a few minutes later i started it up. but AS SOON as the light came on which couldnt have been more then liek 3-4 seconds after i started it, i shut it off. for the record, the motor has liek 25,000 on it, so its in great condition, let hope it stays like that

 

basically the first thing to go in that case should be the rod and main bearings.

But ur probably fine, put oil in the car and stop worrying. A guy i knew didnt put oil in, drove around the block, it started knocking, relized he didnt put oil in, dumb *** drove home and put the oil in, car still runs fine to this day

 

no unusual noises, it wasnt like i waited around

 

put oil in and go drive the damn car for gods sake

 

im a worrier. and what sucks, is that my downpipe was fucked so i have to take it back to stock for another 2 weeks. i wasted a week putting this **** on. on the other hand all i have to do is take off the manifold and tubo and change the exhuast. the oi lines and ****, i bought plugs so when i out everything back in, they will be ready to go.

 

the intercooelr will be mounted with pipes. so when the time comes and dp is fixed. i can literally do a swap in like an hour. bu ide rather have a car then a turbo lol

 

double check your bearings....if you have a gauge....check the pressure...other then that..you should be fine....

freind of mine did the same thing...forgot oil on his new build...started it up for a minute or so to relize he forgot oil...

motor was fine...but double check! you never know...

 

i guess we will see whats up tomorrow. i really hope ill be ok. like im sure there was a little bit of oil till in the lines and throughout the engine. it wasnt like a new build or anything with absolutely no oil. i drained it, and we all now there is some in the filter and throught the engine, im sure there was some in the tubo lines. just not enough lol

 

any more thoughts

 

ive driven my car around with the oil light on with a motor that had 230K on it. the motor never died.

 

well thats kinda stupid too. oil light comed on at 5-7 psi, sometihng liek that. your motor should be operating on 50 or so at idle

 

install an oil pressure gauge

any drop or low oil pressure is a sign the bearings are bad

 

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i didnt care the motor was getting swapped out anyways. point being you can run the car without oil pressure without really damaging anything, granted that doesnt happen everytime.

 

in to find out if he spun them

 

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