well as some may know my brand new turbo = siezed ..this is my explanation i recieved back from Garret after they inspected it...

"Hey Brian,

I got word from my turbo guys about your turbo. It appeared to them that the oil feed fitting was over-torqued into the CHRA which caused some retaining pins to be pushed into the cartridge-very bad.

Either way, they are working out what is salvagable and will have a price qoute for me ASAP."

.....should i have recieved this turbo with some kind of torque spec or warning at least so this wouldnt of happened??? Or is this completely my fault

 

wow so they are trying to pull some crap on you so they dont have to warranty the work?

 

Bullshit! What pins? Youd have to drill that mother in very deep to actually hit anything inside. I dont think its plausable.

 

the funny part is that the fitting only was in half way...and the turbo was band new ..only ran on the car for a minute...and we didnt hear the turbo spooling so we shut it down and low and behold was lock solid...

 

Thats f%^King bullshit Bro, isnt the fitting a flair Fitting? Those things dont go all the way in they get tight before half way in, And also your just getting this INFO, you shipped that **** out in July!!!!

 

yea no crap..i duno what to do about this...I really think its BS that i have to pay to repair this thing...and id hate to release the name of this company whos telling me this...considering it was the fitting they supplied in the turbo kit...

 

Yea dude, what i dont get it took 2 MONTHS to tell you this...

 

What oil feed fitting came with the turbo? The One from the Fullrace Kit???



Modified by OBRJosh at 6:27 PM 9/7/2006

 

yea...thats what i used......i shipped it out on 6/8/06...but i heard garret takes forever...but i was also told 2-6 weeks from FR

 

Idunno Dude I smell...... cough.........BULLSHIT unless you did torque the thing Way to hard, then thats your bad,But like you said it only went half way in, i remember on Justins it only went in about an 1/8 or alittle more and it was tight... you got anypics of the Oil feed fitting? Considering its been almost 9WEEKS

 

bullshit make them warranty that ****

 

There ful of ******* ****. the GT CHRA is an inverted flare fitting. it not a pipe fitting like a t series. at least on mine its not. and the flare fitting is part of the casting and then machined out. there are no retaining pins to push on the hydrocelator muffler bearings in the turbo, make them warranty that ****

 

That is a terrible attempt at getting off the hook. Just stick to your guns and make them warranty it.

 

up

 

THey are feeding you a line of ****!!!!


I just bought a Garrett turbo last night and now im regretting it... I would think the oil line would crack before your turbo does

 

or maybe they are warrantying it for free and your vendor is keeping some cash!!

 

 

anyone else?

 

which turbo? Try searching for schematics to see whats inside there. I'd also like to see a pic of the fitting you put in there. I put a 90 degree elbow in my garrett and was trying to get it too tight, broke it off in it, but by no means was it close to hitting anything, but i had a small fitting. I've seen some that are rather large, if you managed to get it in there that far. I know on my center section theres not any pins to knock loose though, but like i said i would like to see what turbo you have.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by coneheadsracing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">which turbo? Try searching for schematics to see whats inside there. I'd also like to see a pic of the fitting you put in there. I put a 90 degree elbow in my garrett and was trying to get it too tight, broke it off in it, but by no means was it close to hitting anything, but i had a small fitting. I've seen some that are rather large, if you managed to get it in there that far. I know on my center section theres not any pins to knock loose though, but like i said i would like to see what turbo you have. </TD></TR></TABLE> He has a T4 Gt35r.. Yo Any news on this heap???