Water lines were completely clogged!! :rolleyes: Badly and so were the bolts and Turbo water channels :cry:

Worst of all Both Turbo Housing's will not budge at all even after soaking in WD all night and after heating and i had a housing bolt shear off and the other ones are too tight and keep slipping :cry:

Both Tubs have excessive side movement and excessive end play but other than that they spin still!!

doh! hows the whole thing coming along? any closer to refit time?

doh! hows the whole thing coming along? any closer to refit time?

No! everything that could go wrong has :rolleyes:

I thought the Tubs would have been ok or at least rebuildable but they will not come apart and one of the heads are shot as it was put on the car before i owned it in bad condition and welded and i have had not luck finding a suitable Head to replace it with. and now i need good tubs :cry:

blimey those water feeds dont look pretty :wack:

blimey those water feeds dont look pretty :wack:

no they dont,it just reinforces the need for antifreeze as a rust inhibater as well as freeze protection,imho as important as the oil in an engine with ally heads combined with a iron block

no they dont,it just reinforces the need for antifreeze as a rust inhibater as well as freeze protection,imho as important as the oil in an engine with ally heads combined with a iron block

 

No coolant will kill you slowly and in my opinion thats a nastier way to go

christ on a bike bud, its not going your wa just recently is it?!

christ on a bike bud, its not going your wa just recently is it?!

I know when i work on other peoples cars it often goes the way it should but never on my own cars :headvswal :cry:

I should have waited till after i'd bought my House!

Time go get them rebuilt I think :D

 

Matt, rebuilt his own, got a kit for a few hundred quid and fit them himself.

Time go get them rebuilt I think :D

 

Matt, rebuilt his own, got a kit for a few hundred quid and fit them himself.

Thanks i know he did as i have got his rebuild data!! :D but i cant get mine apart at the moment even after soaking overnight :cry:

At long last i have managed to get the Housings off but the Blow torch could not shift them So it was time for cooking Turbo's for dinner today!!!

Yes on the Hob they went!! and with great success :D

Which parts can't you move mate? can you get the big circlip out?

Which parts can't you move mate? can you get the big circlip out?

The exhaust housing but they are off not but i have got to get those circlips off and my circlip plyers are to small :rolleyes:

:hurl: Crisps and oil do not go together

Pics of my Turbos Finally apart (There Big):dance:

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And a pint of Stella as i have a sore throat today!!! :D

Yes i know i have a damaged Impeller!

No! everything that could go wrong has :rolleyes:

I thought the Tubs would have been ok or at least rebuildable but they will not come apart and one of the heads are shot as it was put on the car before i owned it in bad condition and welded and i have had not luck finding a suitable Head to replace it with. and now i need good tubs :cry:

 

I have a pair of heads that have never been skimmed that have Auto cams and they are spot on. If you have a TT just swap cams as Valves etc are just the same. Don't want much for them, but I would take a 0.02 skim off them before refit.

 

If your turbos are seazes it doesn't mater if you are going to have them refurbed. they just exchange them. My experience of 4 different Turbo refurbers (you'd think I'd give up with Turbo cars, but I've got 4 at this moment) I'd only Recomend Turbo Dynamics at Christchurch. They are spot on. I sent my last set to them with a question as to wether they were deffective and they rang back next day and said no there perfect just full of oil from an engine problem. Only charged for carrage.

Pics of my Turbos Finally apart (There Big):dance:

 

Sorry to say this mate, but when you get them back on the car they'll fail very quickley as the bearing seat has to be machined and recut and correct resized bearing put back. I know three well proficient mechanics of many years who have rebuilt turbos and they have always failed very quickly. That why these recon places exist and why garages don't do em.

 

Not trying to put a downer on just think you waisting your time.

Sorry to say this mate, but when you get them back on the car they'll fail very quickley as the bearing seat has to be machined and recut and correct resized bearing put back. I know three well proficient mechanics of many years who have rebuilt turbos and they have always failed very quickly. That why these recon places exist and why garages don't do em.

 

Not trying to put a downer on just think you waisting your time.

MTL did his own and id believe he's had no trouble yet unless i am wrong :)

I have a pair of heads that have never been skimmed that have Auto cams and they are spot on. If you have a TT just swap cams as Valves etc are just the same. Don't want much for them, but I would take a 0.02 skim off them before refit.

 

If your turbos are seazes it doesn't mater if you are going to have them refurbed. they just exchange them. My experience of 4 different Turbo refurbers (you'd think I'd give up with Turbo cars, but I've got 4 at this moment) I'd only Recomend Turbo Dynamics at Christchurch. They are spot on. I sent my last set to them with a question as to wether they were deffective and they rang back next day and said no there perfect just full of oil from an engine problem. Only charged for carrage.

Are these TT heads?