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HiImBrian
06-05-2006, 11:16 PM
Well, put this turbo in about 4 weeks ago and its still smoking pretty bad. One guy came into my work today after I was letting my car idle and cool down and told me my car was on fire! I just had to shake my head at that one. Anyways, I checked my current turbo for shaft play when I put it in and there was very minimal shaft play. But I was told that there should be a small amount of shaft play for the oil to circulate. Is this true?
Swifty1638
06-05-2006, 11:34 PM
Every turbo has a little bit of shaft play..that's normal. Hell the PTE dual BB turbo I sold a while back had TONS of play, but after talking to brian at PTE for a good amount of times..he assured that on that turbo, it was normal.

-A. Swift
Kracka
06-06-2006, 03:06 AM
Why are you so convinced its your turbo?
Shane55113
06-06-2006, 03:19 AM
check your oil for gas when you do an oil change, that would be a good sign that you have blowby.
HiImBrian
06-06-2006, 09:07 AM
Why are you so convinced its your turbo?
I don't think its my turbo, I'm just replying to what other people said.

Shane: How would I check for gas? Just change my oil and see if there's gas in it? Can you send me a link with more info on "blowby." I'm unfamiliar with that term. Thanks.
-brian
Thor06
06-06-2006, 11:54 AM
Blowby is when air/fuel mixture passes between the cylinder wall and the piston do to shitty rings.
scheides
06-06-2006, 01:13 PM
how much oil is burning? i.e. how many miles do you drive and then how much do you have to top it up?
Shane55113
06-06-2006, 01:38 PM
To check if you have blowby you can either check your oil, it'll look smoky or hazy instead of just dark. And another good sign is when you start up the car and take off the oil cap and hold your hand over the oil cap hole and feel if a lot of air is moving through it, thats an ominous sign. i found something that may help http://www.misterfixit.com/blow-by.htm
Swifty1638
06-06-2006, 02:21 PM
It can also be caused by a cracked piston.

-A. Swift
HiImBrian
06-06-2006, 02:24 PM
how much oil is burning? i.e. how many miles do you drive and then how much do you have to top it up?
I don't know exactly how much I'm going through, I havn't had to top it off yet. I'm running ams oil 5w 30 and it's been a hair above full for a few weeks now.

Thanks for that url Shane, I'll try taking off the oil cap and feeling for air later today when I'm off work.
-brian