i have only taken my car out for 4 test rides since i installed my custom turbo kit on my ZC, its a 14b turbo, well it keeps leaking oil it looks like from the part that it is clamped to where you could spin it at if you loosened it, well the first 2 times i went out and hit 6 PSI, then all of a sudden i can get boost anymore, the boost gauge reads 20 vacuum when idling, then when i drive it goes to 0 and wont boost, the turbo doesnt sound like its spooling anymore either, but every once and a while it does, does this seem like my turbo itself is shot, or maybe a charge pipe/intercooler leak?

 

Take off the turbo piping and spin the turbo with your finger. It should spin very easy if not could need a rebuild. If it spins freely check all your pipe connections. If thoes are all good then check fuel and spark. If your plugs are gaped to big the turbo might be blowing the spark out. (but then it should boost but run shitty)

 

did your ic piping blow off?

 

no piping is all good, well looks like im just selling the kit, i cant deal with no car anymore

 

wow that was quick. 45 min later and your through with turbo.

 

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Dude...just check your damn car!! make ABSOLUTELY damn sure its not your pipes!! At worst, you pay the $200 for the rebuild or buy a used turbo on e-bay...problem solved! Used turbos are pretty cheap here so tell me what you have and I will look for it...

 

haha ya you guys are right, i just went out and forgot about my troubles, and now i will try to fix it again, i just got really frustrated cause i have had to take the whole front of my car apart 6 times in the last 2 days, im just so sick of looking at it, i will go now and check if the turbo is spinning freely, and i am gonna put on all the pipes again, what is a place i can go to get my IC PSI tested?

You dont understand, i am in debt about 600 and i havent had my car for almost a month while i am working on it in my spare time, and now i had it for 2 days with boost with an oil leak around the compressor, and i cant get it to stop, and i really cant afford to buy a turbo that i am sure is good, i would only want to spend like 100, but i dont wanna get ripped off again, so if anyone has a 14b cheap, lemme know

 

is the lever for the wastegate actuator still intact.... on my first DSM the cotter pin melted and i had to "ghetto" rig one to fit... check that out

 

wait, if that falls off i wont have boost?

well ****, i better go check that out first, considering i dont even have a pin in there and it always fell off before i installed it, hahah

 

no sir.. thats what happened when i bought my first talon... deffinitely go check that out..lol a screwdriver from an eyeglass kit works sweet

 

haha yo thanks alot octagon and all those who stopped me from throwing it out, it was the wastegate arm like you said, i hit 8 psi now, thanks again

 

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That was said with sarcasim. It was reverse psychology and it seemed to work