Is this turbine housing damage fixable?
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Weird Cat Man
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Is this turbine housing damage fixable?
A few months ago, I was out in my FD just sort of cruising along (not driving fast). All of a sudden, I heard a bang noise and the engine got REALLY loud.
I finally had the time to look into it, and the weld broke on my turbine housing. Is this fixable by welding if I remove it from the car and take the turbine housing off? This is an XS-Engineering T04S kit if anyone is interested. Lasted a long time, so I'm not mad, but I am a little annoyed.
This is what it looks like on the turbine. Should be a flange there of course!
Shows the flange that should be on the turbine still bolted to the downpipe -
I finally had the time to look into it, and the weld broke on my turbine housing. Is this fixable by welding if I remove it from the car and take the turbine housing off? This is an XS-Engineering T04S kit if anyone is interested. Lasted a long time, so I'm not mad, but I am a little annoyed.
This is what it looks like on the turbine. Should be a flange there of course!
Shows the flange that should be on the turbine still bolted to the downpipe -
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It can probably be repaired but I doubt it will be as strong as it was originally.
I would get a new one and not worry for many more years.
How many miles on it? Did you have a turbo blanket installed?
I would get a new one and not worry for many more years.
How many miles on it? Did you have a turbo blanket installed?
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Weird Cat Man
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Probably ~15k miles over a roughly 10 year period (yes, I don't drive the car much!). I had a turbo blanket type thing installed. It's sort of a hard one (does that make sense?). Made out of insulation of some type with a sort of hard foil type outer shell. Not sure that makes a difference. Sort of like this one but thicker/bulkier http://www.turblown.net/store/produc...eld500x375.jpg
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If you do a search on welding cast iron, its a little difficult to do properly. I would just get a new housing. I'm sure someone taking the time to preheat, peen, and slow cool the housing would charge a decent amount. After all that, check if the v band didn't get warped, and wondering if the rewelded area will break again.
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