i need help with my turbo
11-04-2006, 05:31 PM
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i need help with my turbo
my stock wrx turbo seized and i would like to know if anybody would let me borrow their stock turbo until i get my new one which shall be around wednesday or thursday. please please please help me. i would greatlyappreciate it.
thank you -
Ryan
thank you -
Ryan
11-04-2006, 08:29 PM
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i have a vf30 that has a cracked exhaust housing that will work until that time. however you'll need engine management and fuel upgrades. let me know
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11-05-2006, 03:13 PM
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How low were you on oil? Do you still have the stock uppipe in? Have you taken the turbo out and tried to "break" the turbine free?
11-05-2006, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by slvrsubywgn
How low were you on oil? Do you still have the stock uppipe in? Have you taken the turbo out and tried to "break" the turbine free?
well my friend said that i was one day to late with no oil, and i still have the stock up-pipe in. We tried to take the turbo out but, it was getting to late so we decided to put a hold on it until my new turbo comes in.
11-05-2006, 07:17 PM
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Here's my 2 cents....this is what happened with me.
I thought I had blown my stock turbo, too. My 2003 WRX was completely stock at the time. Everything worked great until a trip to Arizona and a CEL came on and I lost all boost capabilities...my turbo had crapped on me. I took it to a recommended shop down there, but they really didn't have any experience with these, mainly muscle cars, and the WRX hadn't been out for very long anyways. They took the turbo out and indeed, it had seized...the turbine would not spin. After some tinkering and some spray he got it to spin freely, so he reinstalled it and cleared the CEL code. On my way back from Arizona, the same exact thing happened. I took it in to our mechanic here in Northern CA and he said the turbo was bad, so after 1000 more dollars and a new turbo from Subaru, I still had little to no boost. I took it to Vishnu and they knew within a few minutes what was wrong. The catylitic converter in the stock uppipe had broken loose and actually had clogged the exhaust passage in the turbo. Chunks must've come off earlier in order to freeze the last turbo. After a new uppipe install everything was fine.
I thought I had blown my stock turbo, too. My 2003 WRX was completely stock at the time. Everything worked great until a trip to Arizona and a CEL came on and I lost all boost capabilities...my turbo had crapped on me. I took it to a recommended shop down there, but they really didn't have any experience with these, mainly muscle cars, and the WRX hadn't been out for very long anyways. They took the turbo out and indeed, it had seized...the turbine would not spin. After some tinkering and some spray he got it to spin freely, so he reinstalled it and cleared the CEL code. On my way back from Arizona, the same exact thing happened. I took it in to our mechanic here in Northern CA and he said the turbo was bad, so after 1000 more dollars and a new turbo from Subaru, I still had little to no boost. I took it to Vishnu and they knew within a few minutes what was wrong. The catylitic converter in the stock uppipe had broken loose and actually had clogged the exhaust passage in the turbo. Chunks must've come off earlier in order to freeze the last turbo. After a new uppipe install everything was fine.
11-05-2006, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by slvrsubywgn
Here's my 2 cents....this is what happened with me.
I thought I had blown my stock turbo, too. My 2003 WRX was completely stock at the time. Everything worked great until a trip to Arizona and a CEL came on and I lost all boost capabilities...my turbo had crapped on me. I took it to a recommended shop down there, but they really didn't have any experience with these, mainly muscle cars, and the WRX hadn't been out for very long anyways. They took the turbo out and indeed, it had seized...the turbine would not spin. After some tinkering and some spray he got it to spin freely, so he reinstalled it and cleared the CEL code. On my way back from Arizona, the same exact thing happened. I took it in to our mechanic here in Northern CA and he said the turbo was bad, so after 1000 more dollars and a new turbo from Subaru, I still had little to no boost. I took it to Vishnu and they knew within a few minutes what was wrong. The catylitic converter in the stock uppipe had broken loose and actually had clogged the exhaust passage in the turbo. Chunks must've come off earlier in order to freeze the last turbo. After a new uppipe install everything was fine.
I thought I had blown my stock turbo, too. My 2003 WRX was completely stock at the time. Everything worked great until a trip to Arizona and a CEL came on and I lost all boost capabilities...my turbo had crapped on me. I took it to a recommended shop down there, but they really didn't have any experience with these, mainly muscle cars, and the WRX hadn't been out for very long anyways. They took the turbo out and indeed, it had seized...the turbine would not spin. After some tinkering and some spray he got it to spin freely, so he reinstalled it and cleared the CEL code. On my way back from Arizona, the same exact thing happened. I took it in to our mechanic here in Northern CA and he said the turbo was bad, so after 1000 more dollars and a new turbo from Subaru, I still had little to no boost. I took it to Vishnu and they knew within a few minutes what was wrong. The catylitic converter in the stock uppipe had broken loose and actually had clogged the exhaust passage in the turbo. Chunks must've come off earlier in order to freeze the last turbo. After a new uppipe install everything was fine.
11-11-2006, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by slvrsubywgn
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