So i just got my car tuned and of course ive been boosting. I do have some boost leaks mostly from the HKS BOV, and today i was going to put on the APS. Well i took off my K&N, and i wanted to see how the turbo felt. so i got ahold of the compressor wheel and was going to see if it had any play and it does. Not alot but it does. I know my stock turbo went out when i had little shaft play. So of course im worried. I just bought this turbo. I just put the first couple hundred miles on it.

 

Damn, that thing is toast. You should sell it to me....







lol... A little shaft play is normal(side 2 side), as long as it's not in/out play.

 

well there is little in/out thats why im worried.

 

Don't sell it to me then..lol
All my turbo's Ive had never had in-out play. Did you oil up the turbo before running it the first time ??

 

BROTHER YOU ARE GOOD, IN AND OUT THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT .002-.005 AND UP AND DOWN IS ABOUT .010-.020 ITS IN THAT RANGE BUT YOU GET THE POINT,, THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SOME PLAY NOT EXCESIVE.

 

Yeah i did. and the first time i ran it i did spool it. See i put the turbo on. and it sat in my shot for like 1 month and i never ran it becuz i was puttin more things on. Well i drove and got mellon to tune it ( he did a GREAT job thanks Mellon ) and i drove it back home. everything sounds really good and runs even better. so maybe im just paranoid and think somethings wrong and there really isnt.

 

Alright thanks apaqan01. thats what i was wanting to hear the tolerance. and if the turbo does go out then FP has a 1 year warrenty.

 

Cool, didn't know they have a year warranty.

 

yea i didnt either. it says on ther website,

 

dont worry my evo RED .. also almost brand new has in and out shaft play...as long as its not extensive..

on another note..could you kindly share with me your mod list,,,how much boost you are running and the DLL number you have obtained from the Red.
thanks!! i am sure mellon did a great job

 

I've never even seen an FPRed, but I've used and repaired hundreds of turbos...all have some play, if they didn't the oil couldn't flow through and they'd seize the moment they heat up. Remember the shafts doesn't contact the bearings - the run on a thin layer of oil, which is only half there when the motor is turned off and the hot oil runs out of the turbo.

Usually when I install a turbo which has been sitting around (and there fore may have lost film of oil) I'll either blow oil through it with a little tool I may for my air compressor, or I'll pull the plugs to the ignition coils (or unplug fuel pump) and just turn the motor over for 10 or 15 seconds..that gets the oil into the turbo to avoid dry start-up