Fs: Gt35/40 0.82ar In Need Of A Rebuild.

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Have a GT35/40 here with a 0.82 rear housing. Failed on me a couple of weeks ago driving from Sydney to Orange, started off with intermittent whining bout half way home, by the time I got back it was doing it almost constantly. As far as im aware I think the bearings in it are rooted, possibly by oil starvation. Play in the shaft is not overly large, but its apparent that it was sufficient to allow the wheels to barely scrub the housings. AFAIK the compressor wheel took slight burring but im almost certain its still useable. I've pulled the turbine housing off and unfortunately it looks like the turbine will require replacing. It also scrubbed the housing barely, but due to slight abnormalities in the surface of the housing the lower 1cm or so of the turbine blade where it heads vertical has kinks into it, due to hitting a small bump on the inside of the housing due to the play.

Side to side play (cant remember the exact term) I'd guess to be at around 1mm, whilst the axial play is almost non existent.

When I spoke to GCG about a rebuild they said it'd cost somewhere between $800-1200 dependant on damage, but after pulling the the turbine housing off and seeing the damage to the turbine I'd guess it'd be approaching the upper figure to have it rebuilt. The housings are still in perfect shape though and wont require machining AFAIK. I can still spin the wheels and they spin smoothly and for quite a length of time, though the sound produced by the turbo when the shaft is spinning gives me the idea something is fubared with the bearings.

The overall condition of the turbocharger is fairly good, could use a bit of a clean up cosmetically (its quite dirty externally, has a few little scratches on the housings, nothing a light sand or polish wouldn't rectify) and due to it being in an MR2 bay for years, with little guard from the weather, the centre housing has developed some surface oxidation, but I think they basically replace the whole centre housing when they have bearing failures in ball bearing turbos? Only other fault would be that the thread in one of the 4 bolt flange flange holes where you connect the dump pipe up is missing, and that hole is slightly enlarged. This was due to a bolt snapping in there, and easyout failing to remove it, so it had to be dug out with a die grinder, and the person who did it didn't do the neatest job. Anyhow, after that experience I just opted to use a nut and bolt technique to secure the dump pipe, with bolts slightly smaller then the proper thread size, so I wouldn't get stuck/snapped bolts again.

Anyone, tried to explain its condition as well as I could, dont have a digi cam on me but I should be able to get a hold of one if you want pics of it as it sits. Have a couple of pics of it from when it was still on the car that I will attach.

At the moment im just taking offers, really don't have any idea what it'd be worth, but I have a bit of a value in mind that if not exceeded then I may as well keep it for spare parts.

Thanks.

Any further enquiries, PM me, or email me at [email protected]

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I think I've now sent off pics to anyone who has requested some. Anyone else who wants pics of the turbo off the car PM or email me with an email address ([email protected]).

Waiting for a few guys to get back to me. First offer to $300 gets it, delivered at that price, otherwise best offer before before friday takes it. Current best offer is $200.

Thanks guys.

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I just might be interested in this, what flange does it have?

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I just might be interested in this, what flange does it have?

T3 exhaust flange. Have someone wishing to purchase it, I've given him till Wednesday to come up with the funds as im on a tight schedule (needing to move soon, need the money to get my car fully operational again) and thus don't have time for time wasters.

If he hasn't come up with the cash by Wednesday it'll be up for grabs again, had a couple of other people offer 'possibly $300' but im waiting for them to get back to me after I sent them through further pics yesterday.

Basically first in first served, whoever can get me the money quickest gets the turbo.

Thanks for your enquiry.

James.