gus

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well lucky i didnt actually book any track days up

took the car out for a shakedown

and guess i shook a little hard



question is could the missing bit of metal have gone turbo bound or would it have blown out and away

7sean7m7

I'd say with the pressure it would have pushed it out and into the bonnet..

gus

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thats what im thinking (wishing)

i was just cruising and cooling down, so wasnt on boost
shut down soon as heard (like that would help)

Brendan

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I think the piece would have blown out as of the pressure... but could you have melted the weld? I don't think so though?

RichieST

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If it would have headed through the exhaust it would be in the turbo almost instantly. Would whip it all off just to make sure though!

gus

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yeah i knew shutting down straight away would do nothing if it has

the position of my turbo there is no way of checking blades in situ

so its all off

gjh

Oops! Lucky you found out now and not halfway round a track

scoooby slayer

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pretty bad manifold for that to happen, what sort of manifold is it ? do you run a turbo brace at all ?

gus

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turbo is solid mounted to block

with a flexi joing between head and turbo

its an ava manifold

repairable??????

Psycho Warren

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would likely have made a right mess of your turbo had it gone through.

martinmilne

wow sorry to hear gus hope you get it sorted ok spose thats what shakedowns for

Luca

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Oooh golly!

Sorry to see mate, especially as you just got the thing back.

scoooby slayer

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i guess should be repairable but its happened for a reason, need to really find out what caused it ?

nigel b

Thats unlucky
I would take it all off to check anyway

Additional bracing on the flange?

zetec-Sam

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If you had a bit of metal that size go through the turbo you'd know about it! Must have had a massive weak point/manufacturing defect for that to happen surely?

1.9 xr2 on 40's

looks like the welds overlap so not 100% it blew out, maybe at an angle a sit wouldnt have let go in 1 piece at 1 time i guess


looks a easy weld up job but turbo manifolds need to be thick/strong and that doesnt look all that thick or strong, dont tubular manifolds melt quickly if under wrap too? so if yours was one of the thinner ones i would expect it to be compromised at the temp these manifolds get to

vroooom ptssssh

That part AFAIK wouldn't have been welded by AVA, it was a standard XR2/3 magnex Manifold with the downpipe section modified to accomodate the turbo round the back, so the flange would still be as Magnex sold it.

Hopefully it's not caused any damage Gus!