Thread: Turbo problems
View Single Post
Old 11-25-2008   #1
asshanson
immune from paybans
 
asshanson's Avatar
 

Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: West Des Moines
Drives: poorly
Posts: 4,358
Send a message via AIM to asshanson
Turbo problems

Hey everyone, I took off my turbo tonight because somehow the threads got messed up on my turbo. That caused the bolt to get loose and the gasket is basically disintegrated now.

I really have no idea how this happened, yea the bolt got loose because it backed out (bad lock washer), but now that the turbo is off, the bolt actually will slide right through the hole in the turbo, but it still looks threaded inside... how does this happen?

Anyway now that it's off I was just going to retap the threads and use a new gasket, but noticed that the exhaust housing looks cracked. It looks like it's just on the surface, but who knows. Should I spend the money to ship it to FP and have them check it out while it's there? Any ideas on how much they take to look at a turbo even?
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	IMG_0152.JPG
Views:	296
Size:	345.0 KB
ID:	7983   Click image for larger version

Name:	IMG_0151.JPG
Views:	302
Size:	488.0 KB
ID:	7984  
asshanson is offline   Reply With Quote