alxdgr8

Running car to turbo off in just under 3 hours! Much better than the two days it took me before, but that included dropping everything to do the oil pan too. Kept the crossover and steering rack bolted up this time and the downpipe attached to the turbo. Now to order the gaskets to fix the drain return leak.

333pg333

Nice improvement Alex!
Best I saw was JET951 do a complete headgasket in just under 3hrs.

reno808

those are records i dont like to break

zerMATT951

Nice job. I think I got my turbo out in about 5 hours this last time after having just installed it (rebuilt) a few weeks earlier. I'll admit that having a 3-piece crossover helps a lot, and I left the down pipe attached to the turbo too.

FASTRNU

nice work Alex

alxdgr8

Preliminary results are in and it looks like it should be fixed *crosses fingers* (turning over with no fuel/spark to build oil pressure which made it leak before). Added a nice thick T3 oil return gasket along with the OEM o-ring. Also replaced the drain hose bolts with allens which make them much easier to get on/off.

Should have the intake and everything back on by this weekend and fire it up! Then out of the garage it goes to work on the Audi. Will do some tuning when it warms up.