Input please turbo help

[neverlift]

ok today doing the nasty tire smokey hokey pokey my turbo got hungry inhailed a rubber size adapter.... and puked

and this happen to it

I went for a run and all was fine. SO is the turbo ok for a lil bit till I can get a new wheel? Should I get an entire assembly(turbine wheel/shaft/compressor whell)? My buddy said bend the blades back and rock it???? Also no more shaft play than normal!

any input would rock
Modified by neverlift at 4:53 PM 8/23/2008

[480sx]

ROTF how the hell did you suck smoked tire up into your turbo?! Dont you have a freaken filter?

Your playing with fire running the turbo like that man. Your wheel is going to be off balance, and much more brittle than it would be otherwise. If you get some surge, or even create enough pressure your risking the compressor wheel shattering and being sucked up into your engine. Or your just going to destroy your turbos bearings by running an out of balance turbo.

Aluminum does not like to bend. If you try to bend it back its going to get really fragile and will probably end up in your engine somewhere. So if your going to run it, leave it like it is and just run it. Just dont do it for very long.

All you need is a new compressor wheel and a rebalance. However it would be a good time to rebuild the whole turbo but thats up to you. A turbo shops not going to charge you much extra to completely rebuild it Vs. just balancing it. They still have to take it most of the way apart.

[neverlift]

no no, I should edit that better, I was doing a burnout and my filter fell off(IDFK) and a 2 to 2.5 adapter band was sucked into the compressor, and was puked out.....

Well, I have driven it a short trip getting on it fairly hard, it seems fine, it spins free as before and just as smooth, the blade didnt come into contact with the housing, and shaft play is the same(pretty much none).I need to fix my wastegate block off to know for sure(only holds 5psi)...

So you think its out of ballance that bad? The same amount of weight is on the shaft.

also where to get a new wheel? and how to know what wheel? I know those are newb Q's but I just dont know

[nissanfanatic]

It is off balance now. And if you bend them back, you will only make the blades weaker.

Apply your "same amount of weight" phrase to wheels/tires.

Don't worry, people have run worse with success, for a little while. Its your call really.

[neverlift]

well I beat on the thing pretty hard lets just say two hours of fun in the middle of the storm

well the tag on it is gone, so I'm hard pressed to figure out what wheel it is, was told its off a saab its .42 cold .48 hot?

[480sx]

You can take off the compressor housing and measure the inducer and the exducer, and figure out what trim t3 wheel it is. Or you can just send it off to a turbo rebuilder and he will do the research/work for you.

[neverlift]

well I know a guy in the tallahas. area and another in orange park, I probably wont ship it anywhere.

f***

[neverlift]

well its not blown yet, did a few slides(on/off throttle pretty hard) honestly feels like it boost harder?

[spank044]

Since it is a garret there might be a 6 or 7 digit part number on the back. I know the big ones have them.

[neverlift]

no part number and the damn rebuild tag fell off

anywho I am going to rock it just like my shyt ebay manifold untill they both die insert shocker smiley here