[98Cobra_sleeper]

how do you tell if you have a blown turbo? I took my turbo off and had it looked at when oil pushed through the seal and out the exhaust, and i was told it had normal shaftplay. well, when i started it yesterday oil leaked out of the other turbo (i think it was because i didn't take that one off and drain the excess oil out of that one) but the turbo that i had removed seemed to spin pretty freely, but when i shut if off it stopped spinning almost immediately...but shouldnt it have sat there and spun for a lil bit? ive seen that on other turbo cars.

 

[98Cobra_sleeper]

the turbos are 67mm. .70 a/r comp and .63 turbine. the turbos are new. i've only ever started the car 2x with the turbos on the car, and its only idled for maybe a minute.

 

[98Cobra_sleeper]

yea oil seems to always be dripping off of the turbos. i just tried tightening up the bolts on the housings so we'll see how it looks tomorrow. the turbos were spinning, it was just when i turned the car off that the turbos stopped spinning abruptly.

 

[98Cobra_sleeper]

yeah well i started it again today and both turbos blew out tons of oil into the exhaust, so i duno whats gona happen now. my mech thinks that either my turbo drains need to be reconfigured or that my seals are blown. soo we'll see, thanks!

 

[98Cobra_sleeper]

yeah on top of that, i called garrett to get a quote on a rebuild, and they asked for the serial number that stamped on an id tag on the center section. well i dont have a serial tag on my center section, therefore they arent garrett turbos. i have chinese knockoffs. im continually losing faith in HP. i called hp and they claim that they are garretts, just specially made garretts. teh only thing that says garrett on the turbos are the exhaust housings.