FP Red owners please respond!!!
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FP Red owners please respond!!!
Long story short is I'm the 3rd owner of a beautiful Evo 9 with an FP Red 80mm turbo and tons of other mods(see sig) The second owner of the car blew the turbo because of the oil feed line issue posted all over Forced Performances website now. And he did it within 7-8 months of having it installed. It was covered under warranty, he mailed it to them, and they rebuilt it and sent it back. I, now the third owner of the car have the rebuilt Fp Red and the upgraded oil line, and its blown again! WTF!? 
It's a seal that went...I've only had the car a month and never even got a chance to beat on it. The second owner said the rebuilt turbo has only been on the car for 7 months and it was garaged for 3 of it for the winter... Anyone have any idea what the heck going on or have the similar problem? 
Since I'm the third owner of the car too I don't have the receipt for the original FP Red turbo purchase so they have been kind of jerking me around, even though I have the serial number of the turbo they can match up, AND they have records of previous two owners for the same issue...Please help...?
It's a seal that went...I've only had the car a month and never even got a chance to beat on it. The second owner said the rebuilt turbo has only been on the car for 7 months and it was garaged for 3 of it for the winter... Anyone have any idea what the heck going on or have the similar problem? Since I'm the third owner of the car too I don't have the receipt for the original FP Red turbo purchase so they have been kind of jerking me around, even though I have the serial number of the turbo they can match up, AND they have records of previous two owners for the same issue...Please help...?
Wow,Sorry to hear that man, this is getting me even more nervous about my red now as i've seen a few similar complaints..I Have the red with about 2000 miles tops with the stock oil line,i'm on low boost though..I need to hear whats up as well
The oil problems mostly occur with the 9's and not so much with the 8's... I've had my red for a good 10k miles or so with a SS line still going to the head and have made numerous 30 psi pulls with it.
I hate to tell you man but you didn't buy the car with a warranty so whatever problems you may have are just that... your problems. The previous owner may have lied about the turbo but at the end of the day, your stuck with a blown turbo and he isn't. I would check the upgraded line, filter to see if it's clogged at all from any debris that may have gotten trapped in it.
I hate to tell you man but you didn't buy the car with a warranty so whatever problems you may have are just that... your problems. The previous owner may have lied about the turbo but at the end of the day, your stuck with a blown turbo and he isn't. I would check the upgraded line, filter to see if it's clogged at all from any debris that may have gotten trapped in it.
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You have the stock oil line from the head or the oil filter housing? They came up with the upgraded line from the oil filter housing because it provides more oil pressure to the turbo thus getting it more oil. So much pressure though that they add the inline filters that also act as restrictors of the oil to the turbo so the pressure isn't too high. For my situation I have two theories. The first being the turbo wasn't rebuilt 100% properly for whatever reason.... The second is that the inline filter for the upgraded line is restricting the oil too much to the turbo for those of us running 25+ psi?
The oil problems mostly occur with the 9's and not so much with the 8's... I've had my red for a good 10k miles or so with a SS line still going to the head and have made numerous 30 psi pulls with it.
I hate to tell you man but you didn't buy the car with a warranty so whatever problems you may have are just that... your problems. The previous owner may have lied about the turbo but at the end of the day, your stuck with a blown turbo and he isn't. I would check the upgraded line, filter to see if it's clogged at all from any debris that may have gotten trapped in it.
I hate to tell you man but you didn't buy the car with a warranty so whatever problems you may have are just that... your problems. The previous owner may have lied about the turbo but at the end of the day, your stuck with a blown turbo and he isn't. I would check the upgraded line, filter to see if it's clogged at all from any debris that may have gotten trapped in it.
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Macaroni:
I checked the filter immediately after the noise started and it was fine so I think it was the rebuild unfortunately. Does anyone know why the oil line is such a problem only in the 9's? Do you have any recommendations? I love the turbo and want to keep using it, I'm hoping its just a string of bad luck
I checked the filter immediately after the noise started and it was fine so I think it was the rebuild unfortunately. Does anyone know why the oil line is such a problem only in the 9's? Do you have any recommendations? I love the turbo and want to keep using it, I'm hoping its just a string of bad luck
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Just spitballing here but I think since 9's have mivec, oil pressure to the turbo from the head gets sacrificed. That's the only thing I could think of...
Pull that turbo apart and see if you can find any used/old parts that might not have been replaced during the rebuild. Depending what it is, this could be a simple rebuild for you.
Pull that turbo apart and see if you can find any used/old parts that might not have been replaced during the rebuild. Depending what it is, this could be a simple rebuild for you.
