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Old 04-05-13, 12:45 PM
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how hard to remove turbos

is it a long process and can it be done with motor in
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I pulled the turbos from my FD in about 2 hours. I have aftermarket intakes, and no emissions or air pump, which may have sped it up some. Yes, done with motor in car.
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might help: https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...wnload-449950/
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thanks

Originally Posted by sockstheninja
I pulled the turbos from my FD in about 2 hours. I have aftermarket intakes, and no emissions or air pump, which may have sped it up some. Yes, done with motor in car.
going to try to do this week a buddy gave me his turbos he went single hope the smoke at start up goes away
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Originally Posted by fd 4 life
going to try to do this week a buddy gave me his turbos he went single hope the smoke at start up goes away
Are your turbos seals blown causing the smoke?
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taking the turbos out is the east part. putting them back on with the gaskets behind the manifold is a pain. I had to use both liquid rtv gasket crap and twist ties to hold the gaskets in place to put the new turbos on
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think so

Originally Posted by club_xcursion
Are your turbos seals blown causing the smoke?
you could smell the oil when I turn it on smokes a lot just got a new motor in it not even 300 miles on it yet so its not the motor plus I get a little oil drip coming from the back turbo not a lot but its there my brother blew the old motor at the drag strip never did it till the motor blew
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i got the same problem right now. I accidently creased one of the oil return gaskets on my turbo when i put my new set on and have yet to fix it. this little leak gets quite a bit of smoke circulated throughout my garage when i start it up
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Good to know they're easy to take out, I'm planning to convert to a single setup when I find the right fd
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in idaho i would say maybe 3 or 4 fd's exist. i definetly couldn't a hold of one. thats why i just swapped the 13brew in my fc. its been a fun project to say the least
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