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Originally Posted by Lamby
So this has now happened to me, exhaust gases under the drivers side of the car, and the power is all over the place and I have rough idle. Turbo is shot and the Manifold has a crack so... Its time to pull it all out. I am a fairly decent DIY mechanic, so I am going to strip the car down and get the old manifold and turbo out. I have new Manifold (from X8R) one of those cast iron ones, with all new gaskets, reconditioned Garrett Turbo, from TurboTechnics with the fitting kit, etc...
Just looking at the warranty on the turbo they say I need to do a oil swap out as well at the same time as fitting a new turbo. Seems a bit of an over kill my oil is 3 months old. Could i just get away with priming the Turbo with some fresh engine oil?
Anyway, Will do it and the manifold and the turbo and report back. Not making an arse of it and making sure I am methodical means... its the best part of a days work for me. Any advice is greatly welcome.
Found this guy on the tinterwebs, seems like the right way to go about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdMIRg7u8U4&t=463s |
My turbo just went a week ago too;
Happened at the worst moment where I was sitting between carriageways on the Princess Highway with traffic heading straight for me at 100 kmh...
Had to just floor the accelerator to get across with clouds of smoke behind me...
I should have put a new turbo in when I changed the manifold to cast iron a couple of years ago; as oil got everywhere...
I just put in a second hand turbo as a temporary fix;
I had the vortex breather in, and now have just changed the oil and breather to the roll filter type to try it out, I’ll see what it’s like in a month.