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Not sure it would evaporate out of there.
I'm considering having the valve guides changed while the head's off?
Then put it together and run it with the turbo playing in to a catch can
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I'm considering having the valve guides changed while the head's off?
Then put it together and run it with the turbo playing in to a catch can
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Hopefully, it turns out to be the reconditioned turbo all along. If it is, and I need to replace it, I'll probably stay standard turbo. Though it does sound temptingfingers crossed then. I still say get yourself a new vgt turbo
It will evaporate and be slowly consumed every-time the engine is off boost, so it should have dried eventually were it not being re-oiled constantly.
Might be worth doing it if you know a good place locally, then you can rest easy on that front. They're not too pricey either really are they?
You can't attach a catch can to the turbo, just too much volume + boost for the cyclonic catch effect to work, you could just drive around with the inlet disconnected for a few hundred miles and see if the oil burning goes. Was that tried before though?
Lastly, getting a VNT/VGT turbo would be truly grand.. and cost about a grand. They really are the best upgrade for drive-ability going - but I'd still be all for trying a recon core again, can't say ive ever known a bad one personally.
Might be worth doing it if you know a good place locally, then you can rest easy on that front. They're not too pricey either really are they?
You can't attach a catch can to the turbo, just too much volume + boost for the cyclonic catch effect to work, you could just drive around with the inlet disconnected for a few hundred miles and see if the oil burning goes. Was that tried before though?
Lastly, getting a VNT/VGT turbo would be truly grand.. and cost about a grand. They really are the best upgrade for drive-ability going - but I'd still be all for trying a recon core again, can't say ive ever known a bad one personally.
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Yes, catch can silly suggestion.
Could play it on to the inner wing though. No, didn't try this before
I'd love it if the original oil would have been slowly consumed, but I don't know how? Do you mean it would get passed the diaphragm?
Fourby have a performance turbo core on their website.
https://fourby.co.uk/epages/9500042...h=/Shops/950004277/Products/"200Hybrid Turbo"
https://fourby.co.uk/epages/9500042...h=/Shops/950004277/Products/"200Hybrid Turbo"
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It would very slowly be drawn back into the inlet manifold - the stuff that has got underneath the diaphragm would be trapped, though.
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You two are a terrible influence
There was nothing underneath the diaphragm.
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Well, I've stripped the head and taken it to the machine shop to have new valve guides put in.
I know it's unlikely to be the source of the oil, but I thought I might as well get new guides in while the head was off again.
The machine shop thought the head looked ok and didn't show signs of the gasket going. They're going to check it though.
I know it's unlikely to be the source of the oil, but I thought I might as well get new guides in while the head was off again.
The machine shop thought the head looked ok and didn't show signs of the gasket going. They're going to check it though.
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Did you put it in yourself, neilly?
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Yep, must say it needed a set big heavy duty screwtype circlip pliers and getting the bolts out that hold it together was a PITA , but is all possible , especially if it has been apart recently.
Needs to be "primed" with a little oil.
Cheers
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Even more pressure. Pack it in, man!hahah. This engine will be mint by the end of this thread
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I thought it was going to be mint the last timehahah. This engine will be mint by the end of this thread
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Aye, we'll get there one day
