I was stripping my turbo today as part of my new rebuild when I saw that the turbine wheel has suffered a bit of a overheat!


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did your turbo hoses was full of oil? or car was going slowly? which was simptoms?

 

i would say thats truly wanked

 

The story is - the vacum/boost hose to the waistgate from the turbo blew off while the car was on the dyno running at full chat, which caused the waistgate to shut so all the exhaust gas had to pass through the turbo, this then caused the piston to melt and also vaporise the outer fins of the turbo turbine wheel!
This happened the day before the daddy thrash. However the car has still covered over 1000 miles since.
I never noticed the reduction in performance because I have been using reduced boost to prevent the Felpro head gasket from failing.
S.

 

ouchy..!!!

 

u ran for 1000 miles with a melted piston?!

 

Hero

 

 

No.
I replaced the piston at the dyno, but I didnt know the turbo was melted, as I said I turned the boost down due to having to run a Felpro.
It was a bit of a panic to get the piston in let alone do a full inspection of all componants.
S.

 

holy shit dude there will be serious power to come from this baby!!!read the feature in the mag (daddy thrash) very impressed

 

Here is a pic of the melted turbo.


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Funny looking turbo

 

 

bigger and better a

 

Bugger, that will teach me to talk on the phone while trying to post!

For Turbo read Piston, but you already knew that.

 

Is that compressor housing big enough on the first turbo?!

What happened to the second one, looks a bit like a piston now

 

Do you mean the piston shaped turbo or the turbo shaped piston?
Well it seems to work!

S.