Hi folks,

I have a stage 2 hybrid turbo thats been rebuilt for one of my rs turbo's. Its been sitting in my car and has been used done about 8000 miles.

I went to the car to do some work today and the turbo is seized, well the spindle shaft is just stuck.

Now whats the best way to free it up?

I was considering filling it with oil or does it need oil pressure vis oil pump and engine running?

any help appreciated

cheeRS

 

anyone?

 

would whack some wd40 in there mate let it settle for a bit, but to me that kind of says it fooked mate, any idea if anything has spilt on it like water or something while its been sat, cos if the shaft is rusted it will deteriorate mega quick if it goes back on the car???????

 

is that in from where the oil feed is bolted on? or where u can touch the blades from with the wd40.

cheers mate

 

hi mate i would just fill with oil from were the turbo oil feed bolts on as when turbos are new they say to do this to prime it, and check that it comes out the other side on return, leave for a few hours and then try,

 

ok thankyou, i'll give that a go and see how it responds

 

also when you start the engine when its on take the coil lead off and just turn the engine over to pump oil through the system before you fire it up

 

ok so prime the engine basiclly with turning it over and having coil lead disconnected will get oil into turbo etc. save damging it i guess with oil starvation

 

that is correct mate, i do it to my cars when they have not been driven for a few weeks or so, just to be on the safe side