bigluke200

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Is it necessary? Banjo leaks are pissing me off!

Thanks.
Luke.

Alvyn

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Ideally if their watercooled then YEP

cossie4i+

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Why would it be built with water cooling if it was not required ?

Steve

It's Czech Mate

Homologation

Turbosystems

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nope it is for long levity more so for road use it is just a t3 centre housing
The water is not required on the garret T series

bigluke200

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Thanks for the answers guys.. I'm sick of them leaking on various cars and turbos I've had over the years..

Tony, do you not run the water cooling on customers cars then?

Turbosystems

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if it's fitted we do run it

bigluke200

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Ok, thanks mate- But it isn't necessary?.. Just double checking before I go and start taking the banjos off..

Turbosystems

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nope it is not necessary on the t series
we never ran it on any of the race cars
it is to allow hot shut downs associated with road use and mr knob head lol

Alvyn

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NOT pluming in the water pipes could cause a shorter life span of the turbo(I'll look it up and post some info).

http://gcg.com.au/index.php?option=c...tuff&Itemid=99

have a read yourself it's YOUR choice but I'd tend to go with people in the know!

MrC

I don't run water on my t34 and it's bin ragged at 2 bar lol

Someone who said they knew about cossies told me it was dangerous and was at risk of exploding hahaha priceless

bigluke200

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Thanks for the concern Alvyn, Tony's word is good enough for me.. He is mr T4!

Your link I feel is aimed at much more modern turbos- GT and GTX are mentioned...

Turbosystems

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it is essential that the gt ball bearing range runs water cooling

bigluke200

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Haven't some of them got plastic bearing cages or something?

Brendan

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custom aeroquip is expensive but you only do if once!

rog

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I don't get why you're having issues with the banjos leaking, you must be doing something wrong for it to be a problem with the right washers and the correct torque mine have never leaked, only time I have ever seen leaks is with improper assembly, rusty surfaces and shit corroded washers.

Ridgey

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I had 2 pipes snap at the banjo on my turbo, so binned the cooling off years ago with absolutely NO issues at all.
Let the car cool as anyone in the know does and there fine.

bigluke200

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Who's a lucky boy then.. It's leaking where the pipe meets the fitting
For once its not user error

rog

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In hindsight I shouldn't post what an awesome potitive experience I've had, next time I take the car out I bet it leaks....

Do you have any kind of washers in there with the banjo, there should be, I usually run one either side and make sure all surfaces are spotless, the last time I fitted a turbo I couldn't get the right sized ones locally anywhere, but I stumbled accross a weber fuel injection place who gave me some that I used and they were perfect.

It's good to know that the cooling is not completely required though as long as you're careful.

bigluke200

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Lol mate, yep.. Nice shiny washer each side and heat/glycol resistant sealant. It's not the seal with the bolt thats the issue this time its the actual pipe.
I'm guessing it's probably because the turbo has been on and off a good few times in the last 18months and the metal has been fatigued with the constant fitting/removal..

scoooby slayer

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new metal pipes are available on ebay cheap enough, my supra had a brand new hks £3000 turbo fitted and no water pipes plumbed in ! lol

some people in the devon area shouldn't be left in charge of peeling a banana lol