Turbo refresh?

Discuss the RB20, RB25 and RB26 series engines.
DLeeTT
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I have a precision gt3582rle turbo that was pulled from my last car that's been sitting in a shelf for a while now. I wanna use it for my RB build and wondering if there is anything I need to do before I bolt it up for use. This turbo was just pulled off n cleaned off a little and sat. Still some oil in it. Thanks in advance.


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S13sil40
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I'm no expert, but I just pulled apart my spare T25 to rebuild it. It has been sitting around for about a year and everything surpisingly was still coated with oil. Including the bearings and trust assembly. So you should be good in my opinion. Couldn't hurt to pour some oil in the feed though.
Good luck!

DLeeTT
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Well my turbo used to spin freely with the oil in it but now its much slower. I think from sitting the oil became sludge. I'm thinking maybe if it's running with hot oil it might be ok but I wanted to see if there's something I can do before I mount it to be sure it's good.


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