Turbo shaft play
03 September 2013, 10:13 PM
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Turbo shaft play
How much turbo shaft side play would be considered acceptable on a TD04? I only ask because a pulled my downpipe off earlier to weld a second lambda boss in and had a check of the turbo.
The shaft on mine can move side to side maybe 2mm or so. I had experienced a little white/blue smoke in the recent past and thought I might be having some issues with the turbo!
The shaft on mine can move side to side maybe 2mm or so. I had experienced a little white/blue smoke in the recent past and thought I might be having some issues with the turbo!
03 September 2013, 10:36 PM
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I think there would be a small amount of play due to oil space being required. Some of the play will go when the oil is at full operating temperature and pressure but I was wondering how much is ok 
03 September 2013, 11:02 PM
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The last turbo that came off mine had scoring on the compressor housing where the blades had been catching. Moving the shaft by hand i could make it hit either side of the housing easily. Even so, up until it was removed i hadn't noticed any lack in performance or excessive smoke.
04 September 2013, 09:56 AM
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yea but 2mm, i got a turbo here on desk ,the shaft moves less than .5mm left/right and about no forward back on a td06
Last edited by *matthewturb2000*; 04 September 2013 at 10:13 AM. Reason: :) was loking at a blown td5 doh not my o6
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04 September 2013, 10:13 AM
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It's not touching the sides at the moment. The car has 102k on it now and I'm pretty sure it's the original turbo unit. I might rebuild it sometime soon as a maintenance job just.
04 September 2013, 10:16 AM
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If its your only car id run it until youve time to repair, if its you 2nd car id be tempted just to repair it although might be cheaper finding a good low mileage unit
04 September 2013, 10:18 AM
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It's my second car Steve so there's no panic with it. I've got the whole exhaust off at the minute to get a second lambda sensor fitted at the bottom of the downpipe as well. Might be worthwhile doing the turbo now!
04 September 2013, 10:34 AM
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It's never ending! I'm fitting a Zeitronix ZT-2 wideband AFR controller at the moment which displays values from the AFR sensor and can control the fuelling if required. I'm also connecting EGT, boost and fuel sensors to it as well. It records all the data for download to my laptop and can also be used live! Very cool bit of kit.
After that I'm fitting an ESL board to my unmappable 8S ECU. Then I can map the car to suit the upgrades the previous owner had fitted but never mapped it for.
The wife loves me these days, not!
After that I'm fitting an ESL board to my unmappable 8S ECU. Then I can map the car to suit the upgrades the previous owner had fitted but never mapped it for.
The wife loves me these days, not!
04 September 2013, 11:08 AM
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running atd04 at mo its maxed out tho, got a td06 20g and a fked tdo5 18g, im not sure weather to go with the 06 or sell and get the 05 rebuild/recond, mine a 2nd car too lol and ive got bits of subaru all over mine and even some bits at the mrss 
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04 September 2013, 11:12 AM
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There's some pretty cool stuff on eBay for TD04/5s like upgrade compressor wheels and housings. Make a hybrid one yourself! They are made by Kinugawa, there's a thread on here somewhere by someone who bought one of their turbochargers. Might be worth a punt!
04 September 2013, 11:28 AM
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yea but if i hybrid the 04 it would be less than the o5 18g , hybrid the 05 it will be less than the 06 lol,im only wanting 340 340 ish maxive already done m,y gearbox had all my breaks refurbd braided lines i got dead equall headers and a big fmic waiting for the turbo to be decided and sorted,ive had the headers and fmic for about 4month
i had a brows over that kinagwa thread few weeks ago
i had a brows over that kinagwa thread few weeks ago
04 September 2013, 11:30 AM
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what track rod ends you guys using ,im in the process of changing all the ball joints and bushes ,basically im doing everything mechanical wise before i upgrade the turbo
04 September 2013, 09:25 PM
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I thought I read somewhere that a hybrid TD04 can be as good as a VF23 for spool but will not tail off boost as early?? And it was fit for more than 300bhp I think. I was thinking of going the VF route too but can decide which one!
04 September 2013, 11:48 PM
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good job lol, don't know should you be worried mine are looking worn was seeing if there was any point in getting uprated adjustable ones or replace with the standard ones, the price of a hybrib is high also,there is a lot to choose from turbo wise, I drive my car hard and I think my tdo4 tails off from 15 or 16psi to 12 past 5k revs in 5th ,I want the boost all the way
mine are looking worn was seeing if there was any point in getting uprated adjustable ones or replace with the standard ones, the price of a hybrib is high also,there is a lot to choose from turbo wise, I drive my car hard and I think my tdo4 tails off from 15 or 16psi to 12 past 5k revs in 5th ,I want the boost all the way
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