CyCloNe!

burnin oil eh? of course what doesn't lol. Fins look good on the turbine, hows the play back and fourth and side to side?

doabarrelroll

If you look at one of my earlier posts, it mentions that I went back to the original rebuilder and had him inspect it. To which he said it was fine (Performance Techniques in San Bernadino).

Since I pulled it, I wanted a second opinion, so, I took it to another rebuilder and he looked at it and said, this thing is "messed up". He put some compressed air on the exhaust turbine and the whole turbo started wobbling out of control.

Needless to say, I was MAD. So, I took it back to the original rebuilder and said you need to make this right, it didn't even run for 500 miles on stock boost pressure. If he tries to charge me again, I'm probably going to go to the BBB or something because I'm so disappointed in the quality of work.

Once it's done, I'm going to have it checked by someone else.

lart951

For a turbo that hadn't seen over 500 miles that oil in the hot side is a indication of bad seals, overall a bad rebuild

Lethal951

Sounds like your turbo was getting stuck while trying to go into boost... Im glad you are figuring this out man.

Lethal951

The samething happened to my car when I had the stock K26 rebuilt. After about 2 months of daily driving and one day I took it up to 15PSI I heard the "BANG" and it wouldnt boost anymore. That night my brother was behind me in his truck and he told me all he saw was a huge flame come out of the exhaust..

doabarrelroll

So, I got the turbo back again. He even agreed it was not rebuilt well, anyways, he made it right for me. The shaft was replaced with what looks like the shaft from a K27 because it is a bit longer than the stock shaft. The exhaust wheel was replaced too.

CyCloNe!

glad to hear let us know how she goes

doabarrelroll

It's raining today, so, I'm going to wait it out before I put her all back together. I think it will actually perform way better than it ever did when it was working before. Super excited!

dillon410021

glad to see some progress

doabarrelroll

SUCCESS!!! The rebuilt turbo did the trick. I did miss an exhaust bolt tightening though because it sounds like a beetle of steroids. Anyways, I'll post a few pics later, I got the turbo front end and rear valance installed

Rogue_Ant

Awesome! Great to hear

doabarrelroll

First off, I found a cutaway of a K26 at the rebuilders. Thought it was pretty neat,



What have you done to me?!?



I'm not decent!



All better!

mudbuddha

Liking the racy bits!