Turbo rebuild or replacement

[luke12390]

Hey guys,

I just got the car back from Meek. Ended up replacing the front turbo with a second hand one because the compressor housing had a chunk out of it and the fins on the compressor wheel were chewed up (lovely). It's running sweet now but it's got me thinking about the rear turbo. I haven't had a chance to look yet but I'm worried that the fins on it could be chewed up too. So I'm thinking of one of two options:

If the fins are chewed, replace the whole turbo. If they aren't chewed out, just to do a rebuild. Rebuild kits seem pretty straight forward, but if I was to replace the turbo, would this be a direct fit replacement? And is it decent?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=291176554244&alt=web

 

[CANDEE]

The TD-025 is smaller so not a direct replacement.

 

[TME_Steve]

Just get a pair of 2nd hand turbos, plenty around....

 

[96vr4]

I've got a couple good turbos kicking around, shoot me a pm if you want.

 

[luke12390]

Thanks guys. I'm going to try and have a look at the turbo tomorrow and go from there.

 

[Size1]

Why didn't MEEK inspect the rear turbo for you?

 

[luke12390]

That's a good question

 

[luke12390]

So I got my phone down there to get a picture and it's not looking good.

 

[Size1]

What do you think caused the damage to the fins? Has the car been driven without an air filter?

 

[96vr4]

Wow give the intake piping a good clean out and replace filter when you put the new tub on.

 

[TME_Steve]

That's not just no air filter, that's like a rock hit it! I've seen cars running no filters for months with no issue (not recommending it though), they don't look like this!

 

[luke12390]

Yeah it looks pretty fooked! I don't really know how that would have happened.

Looking at getting a second hand turbo. Would you guys recommend a rebuild? GCG's website says the base price for a rebuild is $850! Seems pretty steep. At that price I'm thinking an eBay rebuild kit is looking pretty good!

 

[Baba Galant]

Yeah it looks pretty fooked! I don't really know how that would have happened.

Looking at getting a second hand turbo. Would you guys recommend a rebuild? GCG's website says the base price for a rebuild is $850! Seems pretty steep. At that price I'm thinking an eBay rebuild kit is looking pretty good!

Hey Luke, what was the outcome here? Rebuild, second hand? I thought the 6A13TT ran TD025 turbos?

 

[trotty]

We run tdo3-7t. Fto run the tdo25

 

[luke12390]

I've replaced both turbos with second hand ones. Straight swap, no rebuild and it seems good at the moment. Not burning any oil any more. I won't know how good the change will be until a get a retune.

 

[Bennoz]

I bought my last pair from http://shopping.kinugawaturbo.com/

He didn't have them listed on the site, but found me a brand new front & rear still in the original packaging for $1100 landed.

 

[NuffNuff]

I've replaced both turbos with second hand ones. Straight swap, no rebuild and it seems good at the moment. Not burning any oil any more. I won't know how good the change will be until a get a retune.

prior to the swap did it have any whining noises on boost?

 

[trotty]

I've just replaced two turbos. No weird whining noises just blowing smoke under load.

 

[REI600]

smoke under load could be a fuel supply/tune issue so... hard to tell without the noise Glad it is all sorted for you

 

[trotty]

smoke under load could be a fuel supply/tune issue so... hard to tell without the noise Glad it is all sorted for you

U know it's turbo when u have oil on the back window. Lol