well my gaskets weren't what was causing this oil leak on the turbo!
03-13-05, 09:22 AM
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well my gaskets weren't what was causing this oil leak on the turbo!
Just yanked the turbo off and found the oil leak that I posted comming from under the turbo is not the gaskets at all, the oil leak is comming from the hotside of the turbo 
Damnit this is not what I wanted to see. Anyone have any ideas what it could be. I'm going to contact a few people in a second including bryan with bnr to see what he thinks. I will post pics in a sec. Thanks for any help yall can give.
Damnit this is not what I wanted to see. Anyone have any ideas what it could be. I'm going to contact a few people in a second including bryan with bnr to see what he thinks. I will post pics in a sec. Thanks for any help yall can give.
03-13-05, 10:13 AM
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03-13-05, 11:53 AM
#12
does both. My car never used to smoke and now it smokes horribly! Like I said I've had a hand full of turbos on this car and this one is just horrible, I mean it leaks out of the hotside plus so much smoking it looks like a smoke screen. At first when you start the car it's not to bad but afterwards when warmed up it gets really bad.
03-13-05, 12:37 PM
#14
Ive seen this a lot with rebuilt turbos, I had a shop in nashville build about 10 in a row with one defect or another, about 6 of them included this one. Usually they smoke out the tailpipe in conjunction with this leakage. Im told it's a "piston ring/seal" that is the culprit. I'd like to know more about it myself.
It seems the only way to get a bulletproof turbo these days is to go with a new or near OEM version, or a new in box aftermarket (such as a greddy t78, etc.). Custom assembled and rebuilt turbos never seem right, IMO.
It seems the only way to get a bulletproof turbo these days is to go with a new or near OEM version, or a new in box aftermarket (such as a greddy t78, etc.). Custom assembled and rebuilt turbos never seem right, IMO.
03-13-05, 12:38 PM
#15
damn! well I guess It's all up to bnr now to see what he is going to do, if anything at all. Well this just sucks dick! I have always wanted a bnr upgrade and this is what I get. I'm starting to see what you are saying more and more kevin. I was wondering if somthing fishy was going on with this turbo when I saw the bnr thing in the good guy bad guy section but now this just kind of reafirms my worst fears. I've heard bryan will work with you and is a pretty nice guy so hopefully he will be cool and fix it. I don't know.
Last edited by hondahater; 03-13-05 at 12:41 PM.
03-13-05, 12:54 PM
#19
before and after. the after images are only after about 20 minutes of idling two times I started my car and let idle 10 minutes a piece.
before
after
ps. sorry karak I'm a dork
before
after
ps. sorry karak I'm a dork
Last edited by hondahater; 03-13-05 at 12:58 PM.
03-13-05, 01:07 PM
#21
no not yet I have to pull the manifold off and take a look. I pull the turbo and manifold out as one, I've found this makes it much easier than pulling them off serperately. I'll unbolt it in a little while and take some pics.
