Is My Turbo Healthy? Wheel Making Contact With Compressor Housing
07-09-2014, 04:18 PM
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I THINK these light scratches can occur when you start the car or on a engine shutdown. You need the oil pressure to stabiliZe the wheel.
Im not an expert but as long as it isnt smoking and is operating normally then i THINK its good. Especially since you mentioned you are still in that acceptable range of shaft play.
Anyone chime in with some good turbo knowledge? Im sure lots of people just write down what they THINK but that surely doesnt mean they are right
Im not an expert but as long as it isnt smoking and is operating normally then i THINK its good. Especially since you mentioned you are still in that acceptable range of shaft play.
Anyone chime in with some good turbo knowledge? Im sure lots of people just write down what they THINK but that surely doesnt mean they are right
07-09-2014, 05:22 PM
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I THINK these light scratches can occur when you start the car or on a engine shutdown. You need the oil pressure to stabiliZe the wheel.
Im not an expert but as long as it isnt smoking and is operating normally then i THINK its good. Especially since you mentioned you are still in that acceptable range of shaft play.
Anyone chime in with some good turbo knowledge? Im sure lots of people just write down what they THINK but that surely doesnt mean they are right
Im not an expert but as long as it isnt smoking and is operating normally then i THINK its good. Especially since you mentioned you are still in that acceptable range of shaft play.
Anyone chime in with some good turbo knowledge? Im sure lots of people just write down what they THINK but that surely doesnt mean they are right
Anyone else want to chime in?
07-09-2014, 05:24 PM
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Chance, I will shoot you a pm. Just saw this. This turbo from what i was told only has 2000-2500 miles on it. Its d-bo's old setup. And as far as I know he never had issues nor did James the guy I got it from. Both of them seemed to be really good guys! I checked the wheel play when I got it and nothing looked out of the normal.
07-09-2014, 05:43 PM
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Chance, I will shoot you a pm. Just saw this. This turbo from what i was told only has 2000-2500 miles on it. Its d-bo's old setup. And as far as I know he never had issues nor did James the guy I got it from. Both of them seemed to be really good guys! I checked the wheel play when I got it and nothing looked out of the normal.
If anyone else has any opinions feel free to post. I'm considering calling/emailing BW and seeing what their opinion on this is.
07-09-2014, 08:54 PM
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whatever you do, STOP driving the car with that turbo NOW. i had a turbo just like that ( but precision 6262) and eventually fragments went inside my engine and took the crank, damage the head too. luckily my sleves were good.
07-10-2014, 04:17 AM
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07-11-2014, 04:23 AM
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I'm going to go ahead and bump this up; I'd really like to get a few more opinions (although general consensus is definitely to get it re-balanced). I'm really hoping Nyther is right but I may be clinging to false hope 
I'll go ahead and call Borg sometime soon.
I'll go ahead and call Borg sometime soon.
07-11-2014, 04:50 AM
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To send the turbo out to get re-balance is two weeks at most lead time and 100-150 bucks depending on the shop.
150 dollars or a new engine honestly man don't risk it. If you keeping thinking this way you've got a long haul down the road with a turbo on the S2k!
Good luck.
150 dollars or a new engine honestly man don't risk it. If you keeping thinking this way you've got a long haul down the road with a turbo on the S2k!
Good luck.
07-11-2014, 05:14 AM
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To send the turbo out to get re-balance is two weeks at most lead time and 100-150 bucks depending on the shop.
150 dollars or a new engine honestly man don't risk it. If you keeping thinking this way you've got a long haul down the road with a turbo on the S2k!
Good luck.
150 dollars or a new engine honestly man don't risk it. If you keeping thinking this way you've got a long haul down the road with a turbo on the S2k!
Good luck.
07-11-2014, 04:59 PM
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majestic turbo Waco texas they rebuilt my top turbo on my compound setup on my dodge cummins they do good work look em up and no a journal bearing turbo should not have contact between the turbine and housing. I would think to much drive pressure to little oil pressure or it was shut off to many times with the wheel still spinning. turbo timers are great 