When you put in the ATF, it eats up the carbon pieces right? or something like that. Wouldnt that damage the turbo, when you rotate the engine to spread the ATF around, then start it up? Isnt there debris coming out of the engine?

Are you supposed to take off the turbo?

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i was thinking the same thing...

i mean i guess some of the ATF would spin thru the turbo on its way out? maybe its just able to flush all of it thru...

 

The problem I have is this, someone I have talked with recently is rebuilding a spare 89 - 13b and since he had the engine apart he decided to see what this ATF does to the internal parts. So he soaked a rotor in ATF in a bucket for 24 hours and the results where unsettling.

The carbon didn't really dissolve all that much but it got soft like putty and could be smeared of with a rag. And the Apex springs didnt get that cleaned out. But the main problem we talked about is if that soft putty is in your engine after you do an "ATF Trick" is it exiting through the exhaust or does the "feel" of better compression from that putty closing up any gaps that the seals where not catching? and what happens to this stuff when it dries and get hard and is that bad.

 

I can't answer on the turbo question, but I've never heard of anyone having any ill results from the ATF treatment except for a couple of incoherant meatheads.

 

Sure it turns into a paste easy to wipe off. But remember when it's in the engine it is subject to hot, powerful combution.