i blowed it up.

[blinkshome]

well, one week after installing my turbo kit it blew some type of seal in the housing. i called greddy and they told me it was because i was using royal purple oil. the guy has seen a few do this lately and told me the oil was the culprit. it blows. literally. blows oil. at least my intake is good and oiled. the dude over there was nice enough to warranty the turbo. i do have to pay the overnight shipping. be forwarned of the wrath called "royal purple".

[Chezedik]

Uhm, seems just as likely that the turbo failed and you were just told that. Or maybe, it is more viscous and so the pressure drop on the in-line is less, causing excessive oil pressure at the turbo.

I am not bagging on you, but Royal Purple has been around a lot longer than Greddy, and this is the first I am hearing of any sort of failure because of this.

[blinkshome]

how do you mean? explain your answer. too much oil pressure? where and how? i ran the kit under their conditions. it failed. i should not have to "baby" my car under boost. i installed their kit because it was complete, tested, and told to be sucessful without question. are you telling me this was a bad route? im not trying to be agressive, but do the math.

[coolbone28]

he is saying that greeddy came up with that EXCUSE to appease your pissed off-ness. It was probably infact a crappy turbo, but instead of admitting it, they pawned it off on the oil. Otherwise im sure they would tell you not to run certain oils or viscocities of oil if they KNOW that it will make their turbo fail.

[Chezedik]

I said that there are any number of reasons that turbo failed, but probably the furthest from the truth is the Royal Purple Oil. Whatever the reason, they were able to replace your turbo when what they should have done was figure out the actual cause for your failure.

EDIT: and I am guessing that your ignitability played a part as well.

[Florida240sx]

You already ship it? The oil is not the problem... got an oil pressure gauge? What psi is the turbo meant to receive. Usually they come with the resistor...

[coolbone28]

^i think you mean restrictor

[WDRacing]

You've got mail....

Royal Purple lube products FTMFW...

[Florida240sx]

^i think you mean restrictor

I did but was tired and couldn't think of the correct word. And resistor does restrict flow...... so it still works in the sentence even though it's electrical

[Chezedik]

And that is what I was talking about with the pressure drop of the oil on the inline. I know that on standard oil, I get 10-15psi of oil pressure through my oil line at the turbo. I would guess that would be higher with synthetic. If that is the case, the oil would not be to blame, it would just mean you may need to use the restrictor when using synthetics.

[blinkshome]

i havent sent it out yet. theres a very good chance that this over oiling problem was present from the beginning. its been only 9 days since the install. the turbo feels fine. is there a restrictor that i may be able to install inline? an adjustable one at that? this is my first experience with a turbo setup and id like to nail this thing down. may it allready be too late for the seals? if it is the pressure, can i just back it off?

[blinkshome]

i just found a rebuild kit for 79 bucks. its mitsu brand and they have plenty. saved myself about 500 bucks. think im gonna name my first kid Nico. ill tell people hes russian.

[VeloceDrift]

I did but was tired and couldn't think of the correct word. And resistor does restrict flow...... so it still works in the sentence even though it's electrical

lmao! yes it does.. my buddy uses royal purple and his turbo is doing just great.

[Chezedik]

or Greek. I know a guy here at Pitt named Nico, and his name is Greek, I think.

[blinkshome]

could be greek.

[Brandon93240]

Nico is a greek name. As for the oil, a certain brand of oil isn't going to determine a seal failure, a certain weight can though. I live in humble, Royal Purple started here, I've used it in everything from my dirtbikes growing up as a kid to my race car, to my dd, and have never had any failures from oil. I'd look into getting a pressure gauge so you can see what pressure ur at, then get a restrictor accordingly.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

could be greek.

Or GermanI see those things everywhere, yet haven't met someone named NICO yet.

[blinkshome]

i think nicoli is russian with a pernounced i at the end. in the deep south i think it means 5 cents.

[Chezedik]

...in the deep south i think it means 5 cents.

HA!

[wa-chiss]

i think nicoli is russian with a pernounced i at the end. in the deep south i think it means 5 cents.

Thanks alot bro, Now every time someone says "nicle" I'll chuckle.

[Chezedik]

Nickel

[Florida240sx]

lol

[sniperbill3]

Maybe its a mix of russian and german

[egan]

i have a greek buddy named nico, and a persian buddy named nicolai (nico for short). but that is pointless. kinda like saying royal purple ruined your turdbow. WOOOOO!

[S13FX]

More like royal purple ruined my wallet..\

[nissanfanatic]

I bet if it fails again, they will blame it on boost.

[blinkshome]

thats pretty funny. turns out iv got one better. the oil was not coming from the turbo at all, it was coming from the breather line on the valve cover. i cant beleive i missed that. i can figure out why its doing it. it was fine n/a, im running 7 lbs and the car runs great. lots of power. for now im using a catch can before it gets to the intake in fron of the turbine. has anyone else heard of this problem? my wallets still a little sore.

[blinkshome]

edit: cant figure out why.

[eazye2000]

I'm gonna say ring lands on your pistons....

I blew mine on two cylinders on my stock motor, and it started BLOWING oil out of the valve cover breather hole. It actually blew the hose right off, and shot oil all over my radiator and fuse box.

[blinkshome]

ring lands are the grooves between the rings right?