Turbo shaft play too much? Video included

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rswails
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Car: 1996 240SX s14 kouki conversion sr20det s14 notchtop
1992 Nissan 240SX rb20det swap

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This is an ISIS RS3871. I melted a piston previously discused melted-piston-head-gasket-failure-quest ... 61823.html
and the shaft play got a little worse after that. Is this too much guys? It had some shaft play before I melted a piston. Here is the video of the shaft play.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpvlsypixC8[/youtube]

Why do you think this happened? Would an engine overheat cause this? Is it just cause ISIS turbos are cheap and can't take an engine overheat? My engine overheated when I melted the piston. I never got an oil pressure warning light though, so I don't think I had a bad oil failure.

The turbo has less than 1,000 miles on it, and some of the time it didn't have coolant lines hooked up, but for the autocross I did have coolant lines hooked up.


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blkvrtswp
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Car: 93 240SX Convertible
SR20DET FP 20G Turbo
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY

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Yikes, looks like way too much to me.


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