My Turbo Is Empty!

[ztuned]

hey guys,

so i blew my turbo a bout a month ago, forced to drive the car for about 200k''s in that period

i finally had time to take the turbo off

and this is what i found

front

and the shaft not attached lol

rear

and i took my cat off to expect the exhaust wheel bits and peices, but all i found was these black peices of crap, (the bolt and grass in the pic wasnt in the cat)

so where has the exhaust wheel and the blades gone? ive driven my car for about 200k's and runs fine, so ive been told that my engine should be fine and if that it there was a problem the engine would have popped by now lol

is the black peices of crap the melted exhaust wheel?

i just hope the the exhaust wheel blades havent ended in my engine lol

so what do u guys think?

cheers

Edited June 16, 2008 by ztuned

[rb26s13]

well considering your compressor wheel has shit itself aswell i'd be throwing your intercooler out as it'll more than likely be cheaper to replace it than cut the end tanks off and get it cleaned out as best it can be with the chance there could still be some bits n pieces wedged in there

all your intercooler piping will need to be cleaned extremely well

you'd be very lucky to have not sucked any of that compressor wheel into the motor itself.. i'd be very suprised if it hasnt damaged the motor i'd still be pulling it down regardless to clean everything and check there isnt any major damage done already.

perhaps your exhaust wheel is wedged into your cat convertor?

[ztuned]

it was also suggested that the exhaust wheel may have came out of the end of the exhaust, but looking at the cat there seems to be 2 'nets' or filter thing,

there's no way that objects as larger as the exhaust wheel blades could pass through it

Edited June 16, 2008 by ztuned

[R31Nismoid]

Pray your motor didnt ingest some compressor wheel, its happened before so i cant see why it wouldnt happen to you also.

Get it checked

[NYTSKY]

WOW that is one lunched turbo!!!!

Driving it wouldnt have been the best of ideas. As suggested already, i would get a health check on your motor.

[The Mafia]

I've always thought, if I ever blew a turbo, I'd turn the car off and get it towed home, and start striping the piping and turbo off.

Pray it hasn't entered your engine.

[RB26TTVL]

so where has the exhaust wheel and the blades gone?

That is your exhaust wheel!

[Redback]

ouch. yeah i wouldnt be driving it at all... buy an old $100 bomb to get around in... and save up for a strip down (or do it yourself) and check for damage... good luck

[N1GTR]

so what do u guys think?

I think you should get a new FMIC and as Ash said, get the motor checked for floating bits

[Ronin 09]

oops.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

dood... new fmic asap!

also clean out all piping inc throttle body

and as has been stated... prey!

[ztuned]

oh shit it's worst than i thought, im getting the car towed next week to get it checked out

cheers

[swanny180]

Question, why did you keep driving it after it blew?

Unfortunately it may have turned into (depending on if/how much compressor wheel has been ingested) a far more expensive exercise than the simple $300 or $400 turbo replacement you already need to do...

+1 for start praying!!

[Got Boost?]

Ouch.. good luck with it all mate, hope there was not to much damage done!

[dmr]

just for the record, what turbo and boost were you running before this happened?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

stock turbo @ 11ty psi?

[Finchy33]

I feel your pain mate...

Mine disintegrated @ 10PSI, very expensive failure to say the least.

[ztuned]

^^ lol mate, did that damage your engine?

i was running 11psi seriously, with the occasional boost spike upto about 1 bar. seen 1.2bar once opps

[Guilt-Toy]

This is what i would do.

Take the cooler out and pipes.

replace cooler.

Take the inlet manifold off and split the plenum and clean it.

Compression test the engine and leak down test. If there is no signs of problems with the compression / leakdown test then you should be right as long as ALL cooler pipes are clean and the plenum and runners etc etc is all 100% clean.

Good luck with it matey

[s13_Skyline_inside]

i dont have much to say but sh1t, hopfully the cooler caught all the bits of wheel