Wonder if you (or anyone on here) can advise on this, regarding the turbo rebuild kits.

I have a T25 from a ford fiesta XR2 turbo technics conversion that requires a refurb - it was rebuilt roughly 35k ago but now has some side-side play and also I think its just started to smoke.
My problem is that because this turbo isnt a standard T2 or T3 I'm not certain what kit (if any) I can use to rebuild it. Can it be assumed that for the purposes of the kit the T25 will be the same internally as a T2 in terms of bearings and seals?

The turbo itself originally had a water cooled bearing housing but was changed to air cooled (with fins) when it was rebuilt - this makes it even more of an odd-ball turbo, but again i dont know if this change would have any impact on bearings/seals.

Additionally I'd like to use a 360 bearing when I do it, will this cause me difficulties (ie any special tools for fitting 360's?)? Will I even be able to get a 360 bearing as a loose component?

cheers in advance

 

bttt

 

Try Dan on this thread he shud be able to help you

https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73616