Ok, so my mechanic finally put my 18g greddy turbo in my car. Everything look and ran fine, untill smoke started to come out of the turbo. Not that much, just a llitle bit and smell like burned oil. So, we're thinking that the turbo is burning oil. The turbo was used and the guy that sold it said that it ran fine. But no. My mechanic told me that I can still run it like that and just be checking the oil level like everyday or so, and once I save some money to rebuild it. So, any comments guys......................
What's wrong with my turbo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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sounds like blown seals, usually turbos will smoke like hell from burning oil because the seals are blown/bad. but yea i would recommend just buying a new turbo, by the time you rebuild that turbo, you could just buy a brand new one.
Well the smoke is not exactly coming out of the seals of the turbo from what we can tell. Since there's a small gap between the downpipe and the exhaust pipe, from there is where we beleive the smoke comes out. I'm taking the car to this exhaust shop to weld it today. We check that yesterday but it was very late, so I still need to be sure. My engine though, before didn't throw any smoke, so it's not the engine.
BLAHMAN240 It smell like burned oil, don't know how to explain the smell.
RYAN89CRX oil restrictor?, don't have a clue bro, I have to talk to the mechanic about that.
How bad is it gonna get if I leave it like that? or should I rebuild it, I mean the kit to rebuilt a turbo is like $70, so what should I do? a new turbo?
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RYAN89CRX oil restrictor?, don't have a clue bro, I have to talk to the mechanic about that.
How bad is it gonna get if I leave it like that? or should I rebuild it, I mean the kit to rebuilt a turbo is like $70, so what should I do? a new turbo?
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install an oil restrictor if you dont have one and see if the smoking goes away. its actually harder to "blow" seals than you think. for the most part, when you fix you over pressure problem, the seals will still work fine
oil restrictor - in line orifice that restricts oil as to lower the pressure. OEM Honda oil pumps put out 60+ psi of pressure, and the standard bushing-type turbo only needs about 10-25psi of pressure
oil restrictor - in line orifice that restricts oil as to lower the pressure. OEM Honda oil pumps put out 60+ psi of pressure, and the standard bushing-type turbo only needs about 10-25psi of pressure
BLAHMAN240 It smell like burned oil, don't know how to explain the smell.
RYAN89CRX oil restrictor?, don't have a clue bro, I have to talk to the mechanic about that.
How bad is it gonna get if I leave it like that? or should I rebuild it, I mean the kit to rebuilt a turbo is like $70, so what should I do? a new turbo?
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yea rebuild kits are cheap to by but to get a professional shop to do it properly is where its gonna cost you a good amount haha. but idk just get it checked out and let us know.
its not hard to do it yourself. i rebuilt one of my turbo's. the expensive part is if you have to get it sent off to get balanced but if you mark the wheels and put them back on exactly how they came off it won need to be rebalancedyea rebuild kits are cheap to by but to get a professional shop to do it properly is where its gonna cost you a good amount haha. but idk just get it checked out and let us know.
I'm also checking that today.like pinched not letting oil go back into the oil pan
Thanks guys for the suggestions, I'm on my way to my mechanic and I'm gonna tell him all this. I'll log in tmrw and keep u guys updated.