will740turbo
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- Jun 15, 2006
- Location
- Portland, OR
Yo people.
Some dumbass (me) ran his car low on oil while obsessing over what might be a bad ECU shutting off injector pulses.... and destroyed the turbo's bearings. The scraping of a compressor wheel on a housing is a horrifying sound. And today, the oil seals went too, so now it's totally undriveable.
Although, it made it to 303,--- miles, on what I think is the stock turbo, so there's that... It might have just been time. It wasn't *that low* but it was apparently low enough. ~1.5 qts filled it to the top of the dipstick hashmarks, but it wasn't even on the dipstick when I started.
SOOoooo...
I've got a 90 manifold on a 94 B230FT-L block (Yee yee!). I'm running a Mitsu TD04-13c as far as I can read from the label.
Straightforward questions, assuming the compressor wheel is wrecked:
What wheels are compatible? Are all other 13_ wheels compatible? I would probably go with a 13g.
What do I need to do to the housing? Anything?
Any chance the exhaust side wheel is damaged?
I'll pick out the rebuild kit pretty soon. This one that's "upgraded" from http://gpopshop.com/rebuild-kitsmitsubishi-rebuild-kits/ looks good. The upgraded kit includes "an upgraded 360? thrust bearing and a step gap piston ring"... whatever that means. Anybody know what that means?
I'm not trying to get moar boost right now. I will save that for when I have a real job. Plus I really like how fast the 13c setup spools. I would imagine the 13g gives better flow because of the stepped fins, but I don't really know.
Uhm. I'd say woot, but no boost is sadface.
Some dumbass (me) ran his car low on oil while obsessing over what might be a bad ECU shutting off injector pulses.... and destroyed the turbo's bearings. The scraping of a compressor wheel on a housing is a horrifying sound. And today, the oil seals went too, so now it's totally undriveable.
Although, it made it to 303,--- miles, on what I think is the stock turbo, so there's that... It might have just been time. It wasn't *that low* but it was apparently low enough. ~1.5 qts filled it to the top of the dipstick hashmarks, but it wasn't even on the dipstick when I started.
SOOoooo...
I've got a 90 manifold on a 94 B230FT-L block (Yee yee!). I'm running a Mitsu TD04-13c as far as I can read from the label.
Straightforward questions, assuming the compressor wheel is wrecked:
What wheels are compatible? Are all other 13_ wheels compatible? I would probably go with a 13g.
What do I need to do to the housing? Anything?
Any chance the exhaust side wheel is damaged?
I'll pick out the rebuild kit pretty soon. This one that's "upgraded" from http://gpopshop.com/rebuild-kitsmitsubishi-rebuild-kits/ looks good. The upgraded kit includes "an upgraded 360? thrust bearing and a step gap piston ring"... whatever that means. Anybody know what that means?
I'm not trying to get moar boost right now. I will save that for when I have a real job. Plus I really like how fast the 13c setup spools. I would imagine the 13g gives better flow because of the stepped fins, but I don't really know.
Uhm. I'd say woot, but no boost is sadface.
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