quick turbo question

Post by **240dreams** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

alright i just finished my swap. going in to the swap i thought i had a bad turbo. there was oil in the intake side. so i decided to run it before i replaced it. i heard the turbo spooling pretty smoothly today as i ran it for the first time. if a turbo has an oil leak, will it spool smoothly still?

Post by **Onizuka** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

As long as there is no shaft play it should work fine.

Post by **240dreams** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

there was very minimal shaft play. but the spooling sounded pretty damn good tho. man im about to go out and drive right now. this is my first turbo car.

Post by **candela** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

lots of times its normal for small amounts of oil to be in the intake inlet because of PCV and breather's. If the oil is coming out of the turbo cause of a bad seal you will be seeing a storm of clouds behing your car and you will know it....

If it feels good, looks good and boosts fine then it is fine :p Happy boosting...

Post by **240dreams** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

thanks for the info guys

Post by **Hijacker** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

you need to drive that car down to roanoke so you can break it in and then we can ride

Post by **240dreams** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

haha, yeah i should. i've been driving around locally on just my downpipe. i just put 200 kilometers on it within 3 days.

Post by **thes14project** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

hey in VA you should be able to run a dp no problems. All those trucks around

Post by **MainEvent212** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

heh, you dont kno VA do you?

Post by **SR PwrdVA** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

HA, VA cops suck a$$. Especially va beach cops. You can't even ride the strip anymore with out them hasslin you. Before I sold my blinged out civic I didn't get 2 blocks before they slapped me with 3 tickets. PIGS I tell you!

Post by **AznRide** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

how do you know that you have a shaft play? My turbo boosted fine to 14 psi, but there was oil comming out of the hotpipe and I can see it in my intercooler. Not much but worries me. Any idea?

Post by **TurboB15Sentra** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

Make sure that you change the oil a few times in the first 1000 miles or so. This will ensure that you get any crud out of the motor that may have built up from sitting in Japan or elsewhere.

Travis

Post by **extheflow** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:28 pm

AznRide wrote:how do you know that you have a shaft play? My turbo boosted fine to 14 psi, but there was oil comming out of the hotpipe and I can see it in my intercooler. Not much but worries me. Any idea?

take the intake off and put your finger on the turbo shaft.wiggle your finger.there should be very little movement.

quick turbo question

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