Bad turbo ?

[goodhart]

Well, here's the deal. I had the car jacked up in the air today to change the oil and the bottom of the turbo had what looked like a sludgy oily residue on the bottom of the turbine housing. It wasn't dripping, but there was a pretty good layer of it. I didn't get any pics either and I wish I had. I guess I will be calling Hahn Racecraft tomorrow to get a price on a rebuild kit for it.

Seeing as how this turbo has been owned and abused by half of mitsustyle, I am going to asume it is the turbo and not the head gasket. Shit, at the very least this turbo could probably use a rebuild anyways just to freshen it up a bit.

[scheides]

Originally Posted by goodhart

Well, here's the deal. I had the car jacked up in the air today to change the oil and the bottom of the turbo had what looked like a sludgy oily residue on the bottom of the turbine housing. It wasn't dripping, but there was a pretty good layer of it. I didn't get any pics either and I wish I had. I guess I will be calling Hahn Racecraft tomorrow to get a price on a rebuild kit for it.

Seeing as how this turbo has been owned and abused by half of mitsustyle, I am going to asume it is the turbo and not the head gasket. Shit, at the very least this turbo could probably use a rebuild anyways just to freshen it up a bit.

You might consider just pulling the oil drain line off and make sure its not clogged at all. That could be causing you some issue or maybe have led to this.

[goodhart]

Originally Posted by jhaan_dude

let me know what they charge for a rebuild kit, i might be able to get it cheaper for you!

Heard back frrom Hahn already this morning,
The kit is H RP-3005 $180.00

Originally Posted by scheides

You might consider just pulling the oil drain line off and make sure its not clogged at all. That could be causing you some issue or maybe have led to this.

Well, I'll check this out when I take it off, I guess I'll start with the drain line first