Blown out turbo bearing

[tdz16]

Well, I agree with the 24 bucks thing, I'm just afraid that you have a nicely large tube for oil to escape through and if you are regulating flow into the turbo so much, you could starve it for oil. Its odd, with all the people running gravity feed systems, they don't seem to have much trouble from what I've been reading. Just an observation.
~Tom

[CM boyd]

I have no cat (don't tell). Use an O2 simulator that you can buy from Caspers electronics or RK sport. They cost about 60 bucks, and are worth the money!! You need every ounce of exhaust with no backpressure to get really good sool on our systems. I replaced my cat with a resonator muffler.

[Turbo Kyle]

Originally posted by tdz16:
Well, I agree with the 24 bucks thing, I'm just afraid that you have a nicely large tube for oil to escape through and if you are regulating flow into the turbo so much, you could starve it for oil. Its odd, with all the people running gravity feed systems, they don't seem to have much trouble from what I've been reading. Just an observation.
~Tom

True,
When I worked at an Import shop we did a lot of turbos. I had to put a restrictor in the feed line to one of the Turbo Hondas. It was a Nitrous jet, one of the smallest ones. I started the car with the turbo drain going into a bucket...it was gushing a quart every 10 seconds. I guess thier a Pros and Cons.

You try no restrictor and Ill try it with one :D

[RedFrk13]

Malice, are u running stock oil pressure or do you have to intense kit that raises the pressure?

[malice10985]

Originally posted by RedFrk13:
Malice, are u running stock oil pressure or do you have to intense kit that raises the pressure?

When I blew the turbo seal, I was running my own ghetto fabulous version of the intense kit. I stuffed 5/16 nut in the oil press regulator. That got me 80-90 psi or oil. (too much IMHO)

I just bought a stock GM kit, and installed it. I haven't started the car yet. Even if everything is working properly, I won't know it for a while because there is soo much oil in the downpipe that it will take a few days to burn out.

I am curious:

Did Tiago, Shane, and Teufel Hunden have a problem with this stuff? I don't think any of the old school turbo kings had problems with leaky turbos. Where is GnT-66 and his snooty corrections when we need them?

[CM boyd]

Be careful what you ask for... you may just get it! ;)

[malice10985]

Originally posted by CM boyd:
Be careful what you ask for... you may just get it! ;)

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I ran my car for a while today. WIth my oil pressure back down in the stock 60psi range, the turbo no longer smokes or anything. My flow control valve is wide open.

[CM boyd]

That sounds great... I guess it is my turn to get
the oil systme and turbo back together again. :(