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I got it through afi turbo. And they said don't use one (resteictor) dammit. It feels/looks real. But yeah. Thats the problem for sure. I just talked to my bud who deals turbos. Okay then. Thanks guys.
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dont agree. his turbo failed from lack of restrictor plain and simple. many on the site have drained to top of pan with zero problems, myself included. the pan doesnt fill that much with oil, esp when car is running. however, oil pressure has claimed many turbos on this site.
You can get away for a pretty long time with doing something improper, such as this turbo lasting as long as it did with the improper oil feed, but it will reduce the life of the components overall.
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Originally Posted by camuman' timestamp='1339792714' post='21785244
dont agree. his turbo failed from lack of restrictor plain and simple. many on the site have drained to top of pan with zero problems, myself included. the pan doesnt fill that much with oil, esp when car is running. however, oil pressure has claimed many turbos on this site.
You can get away for a pretty long time with doing something improper, such as this turbo lasting as long as it did with the improper oil feed, but it will reduce the life of the components overall.
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How about when pulling a lot of Gs? It's kinda like detonation... a little bit of detonation here and there will slowly kill an engine. Or momentary bits of oil starvation will slowly kill the bearings in your engine. The damage won't show up immediately as it's not catastrophic, but it will do damage.
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Originally Posted by riceball777' timestamp='1339795275' post='21785336
your turbo is blow because you are not useing the correct .035 restrictor. I have clost to 80,000 miles on my gt35r on my evo and it has no shaft play and still runs like new.
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Originally Posted by camuman' timestamp='1339805428' post='21785717
There is no way the oil level is that high when the car is running. That was my point and you missed it completely.
Most of us don't stab the brakes hard and long enough for that momentary slosh of oil to hit the front highest point of the pan that holds the oil drain. I mean listen. People road race turbo s2ks. People street drive them. The only time anyone has trashed a turbo from oil problems is lack of a restrictor or a wrong restrictor. Plain and simple.
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Originally Posted by spdracerut' timestamp='1339823004' post='21786179
[quote name='camuman' timestamp='1339805428' post='21785717']
There is no way the oil level is that high when the car is running. That was my point and you missed it completely.
There is no way the oil level is that high when the car is running. That was my point and you missed it completely.
Most of us don't stab the brakes hard and long enough for that momentary slosh of oil to hit the front highest point of the pan that holds the oil drain. I mean listen. People road race turbo s2ks. People street drive them. The only time anyone has trashed a turbo from oil problems is lack of a restrictor or a wrong restrictor. Plain and simple.
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Agree. It's not impossible by any means at all. But I haven't seen it cause a failure yet.