I'm not a mechanic and I'm obviously learning as I go along but is this normal?

 

 

 

Turbo #1 looks pretty normal

 

 

 

 

 

but Turbo #2 doesn't look quite right with this random bolt going through the housing 'but' from the inside!

 

 

 

 

it's clearly a bolt from somewhere else (it's green for one). Surely this should be threaded from 'outside' the housing and not from inside?

 

 

or am I way off??

I dunno about zed turbos specificly but ive never seen a turbo with a dirty great bolt throgh the compressor housing! At the least id have thoght ud get slight boost leak at worst if that washer snapped from being over torqued itd go strait into the intake followed eventualy by the bolt! Weres it from?

I dunno about zed turbos specificly but ive never seen a turbo with a dirty great bolt throgh the compressor housing! At the least id have thoght ud get slight boost leak at worst if that washer snapped from being over torqued itd go strait into the intake followed eventualy by the bolt! Weres it from?

 

 

 

Can't say mate....thread would get deleted, but it's off a zed specialists engine that I shelled out £10k for

 

 

this strip down is turning up some really nasty surprises :cursing:

That is pretty messed up should never go from the inside due to the danger of it coming loose and ending up in the impellor what turbos are they? Maybe a sensor has been used in there before that's all I can think off but will do no favours having that restricting air flow

That is pretty messed up should never go from the inside due to the danger of it coming loose and ending up in the impellor what turbos are they? Maybe a sensor has been used in there before that's all I can think off but will do no favours having that restricting air flow

 

 

They are Garrett GT675RS roller bearing turbos

Sorry to hear that mate there are some dodgy b*sterds out there, it looks like maybe there was some sort of heat sheild or something bolted to it is it a tapped hole? If its a dead hole im not really sure what to suggest you cant really leave it there and u def cant just have a hole in the side of the housing :s

Dodgy shite garage that you got the engine off tech my arse you can use e metal to patch up the hole strip that housing off then you can sand the inside for a smooth finish

Maybe a sensor has been used in there before

 

 

What sort of sensor do you think might have been put in there bud?

Some sort of pressure maybe from the pic it looks about a m10 size so possible mental but possible even air temp it could be

Check this out...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not sure if you can see that clearly but the pipe has been flattened on the bend (creased as if it was just bent by hand).

Yep that pipe certainly looks kinked :(

What's the score with using sealant on the turbo inlet, I recall someone mentioning on a recent thread that it's not a good idea in case that also gets sucked into the intake?

 

 

 

 

 

 

the gasket looks ok but I figure the whole turbo setup is going to need a full strip down and rebuild

 

 

 

 

 

not impressed!

You don't use any sealent on there the gasket is more than enough more bad workmanship the pipes need to be heated to bend that much

You don't use any sealent on there the gasket is more than enough more bad workmanship the pipes need to be heated to bend that much

 

 

Why does that not surprise me :hammer:

From these pics would you say that these are:

 

1. A new Z1 Motorsport clutch and Z1 Motorsport lightened flywheel (ie. what was paid for)

 

2. An old Centreforce clutch and uprated flywheel (what was already on my car)

 

3. Stock clutch and stock flywheel (random bits thrown on by the 'specialist' having sold both of the above to other customers)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ignoring the snapped off studs for the time being)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 25, 201114 yr by jap.slapper

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Well there's a f***ing surprise! More to add to the list then....