Hi All,

Took my turbo off today to replace some gaskets on up pipe that were blowing and noticed the state of the wheel? looks like something has passed through it, but I dont see how it could have as I have a mushroom filter that wouldnt let anything through?

If I just buy a new wheel can I just replace it , or do they need balancing etc?

 

New turbo i think or a rebuild by a professional and whats caused it is a mystery but it must have been in my mind a metallic object and quite large as it looks like it got stuck and the vanes just rubbed away on it until it went out into the engine intake manifold.

 

Id be more worried about the bits of missing metal eating the pistons or cylinders.

 

, **** me. That's really eaten something.

I would be concerned what has passed through the rest of the engine

 

Jesus christ did you not notice anything when driving that lol? that turbo would be pretty much duff....

 

Yeah that was what I was thinking, but engine is spot on, and turbo still pulls brilliant @ 1.4 bar, just doesnt hit full bost until 4000 ish? (Had to put it back on to drive the car daily) was only off as changing gaskets?

Was gonna buy a billet wheel - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Turbo-Bill...item19e78064a1

Just not sure if I can just bolt the new wheel on?

No noises etc, only thing I can imagine is whilst turbo or MAF has been off a nut or washer has dropped into the intake pipe.

Engine seems fine though??

 

If you are lucky its gone straight out the exhaust but thats alot of swarf that would have gone in! the turbo wasnt fitted in that condition no?

 

I think you need to look back at previous work done on the car as to what might have caused this and where the offending part has gone to in the intercooler or intake manifold if you are lucky or one of the cylinders if not.

 

Nope definitely not like it when I fitted it... All work done on the car by myself for the last year or so...

Just as a note the hot side fins are all fine...

 

Have you got a front mount intercooler?

The bits maybe in the bottom of that...

 

WDF it looks like it has been r*pe't do a oil change and see if anything has passed through the rest of the engine..

 

Bit of metal or bolt or some thing big has gone through it, maybe take inlet manifold of see if you can see anything, what turbo is it it td05 18g?

 

Have you checked your filter for rivet head , or fixing damage - if not could be a small stone or Tarmac frag kicked up

 

Yeah I do have FMIC, will check in the bottom of it one night this week... Cheers for advice

Haha what is "R*pet" ? Good shout on oil change, fingers crossed it hasnt made it that far


Yup, definitely looks that way, I just cant work out where from? It's a big job to take inlet manifold off isnt it? although I have been looking at going rotated inlet so could be a good excuse to do that at the same time. its a Greddy T518Z turbo (Which yes is basically a TD05-18G variant)


Ooh no, good shout, will check inside of the filter today. just dont see how anything could have got through it so yeah maybe the filter has broken inside or something.

 

Can somebody point me in the direction of somebody that can put me a new wheel on this? preferably a billet upgrade

 

http://www.midlandturbo.com/ they rebuilt my mates TD05 give them a call see what they can do for you

 

http://www.turbotechnics.com

 

just sack it and get a new one, casing maybe damaged as well.

looks like it has injested summit big, can see what looks like scratches on the inlet pipe as well.

A above hope its not passed through, mate had a spark plug tip come off and it totaled his engine

 

You can change the wheel your self , just remove big c clip on compressor housing then the nut on the wheel , (might be a left hand thread) shouldn't need a balance as they are component balanced

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Turbo-Com...item4182f62d92

 

Thats mental, logic says whatever done that should of done your engine no good, you should play the lottery this week, you very lucky!

 

How would it end up in the oil?

 

Intercooler coming off this weekend... I suspect it is stuck in there somewhere...

 

Opted for a new billet compressor wheel... arrives Monday. will get it fitted and a map tweak and see if it is much better than standard wheel.

 

Anything found?.

 

Bump.

 

Sorry, forgot to reply! took my turbo inlet pipe off to check if anything was still in there and nothing... didnt get round to taking the intercooler off so hopefully this weekend!

Bought a lovely new shiny billet compressor wheel which arrived, just need to get it fitted once I have checked all pipes and intercooler etc!

 

All the best and hope things work out ok.

 

Any news?.

 

So did you find anything?.

 

So is all well?.