what is the maintence on maintaining a turbo that wasnt originaly in the car. i just wanted to get this topic started because i dont see any topic about it and i dont know anything about the turbos. ive only drove a turboed 240sx and that was nice but when it comes to maintaining ur turboed car i know nothing.

 

Well constantly check that all your lines are securly fastened to maintain boost levels. Make sure you periodically change your oil at maintenace intervals. Always, check your fittings from time to time and make sure no leaks have started. Keep a close eye on your Gauges for any abnormal readings.

 

You would want:

Good shyntetic oil that wouldn't leave residual.
Leeting the turbo cool down after driving it hard
keeping your air filter always clean to prevent solid dust to damage the compressor blades
Lettin the car warm up well before taking off
Make sure you inspect the vaccum/boost hoses every few weeks or months, look for cracks or cuts.
Oil the waste gate rod and flapper once in a while


You don't want:

Cheap walmart oil
Rev the engine hard when cold
turn off the engine when you droove hard(turbo will still spin for a few seconds without oil)
vacuum/boost lines falling off, it will over boost the turbo

Typically a well taking care turbo could last even 100000 miles is driven well and when not abused. I recently bought a Eclipse GSX with the stock turbo with 88k miles working fine. The previous owner did take care of the car very well, never overboosted.



Carlos

 

That about sums it up. You must realize that the car wasn't designed or engineered for a turbo kit, so you really must monitor the rest of the car's systems to make sure things are ok. Hence, the more gauges/monitoring equipment you have, the better. I have 6

• AFR
• Boost
• EGT
• Oil Pressure
• Oil Temp
• Water Temp

Soon to add a 7th: Fuel Pressure

 

well im looking at making my car not only fast but its going to be a show car as well. so the more guages is the best in my eys. and thanks for letting me know about lightrikz i like that sight

 

I've heard on the lancer you don't want to use synthetic oil when you go turbo, you want a good traditional oil.

 

Still hasn't fully been proven yet. I've been running synthetic on my car since day one now for the past 4 to 5 yrs w/o a problem.

 

well the best oil ive come accross using was what my manual told me to use. i had a rear main sil oil leak and before i got it fixed i was using a quart of 10w40 every week. then i decided to put 5w30 in and it didnt leak at all for the next month when i got it fixed. and it wasnt synthetic.

 

Are you turbo though? I use synthetic as well but I'm NA, which isn't a problem. Kontradiction blew his motor using synthetic oil and RRM recommends strongly using non-synthetic oil when you go turbo.

 

Well no, I'm not. I'm N/A like you for the moment. The whole oil thing is a very touchy topic. I know I've run into numerous threads where everyone starts to argue as to which would be best, what they recommend, what you should run turboed, N/A .. blah blah.

by the way, Kontra has been the only one to blow his engine due to running Synthetic on his T28 kit that I've heard of and read about. And that thread had alot of speculations.

so what else is new guys?

 

i think ive decieded to build my own kit. so far the only problem i seen is the manifold. ive always liked the evo turbo mainfolds better anyways. and i can weld so thats a plus and if not me my cousin can really weld hes got over 20 years of exp. but i think im going to do my own custom job and use the evo 8 turbo. i just called the junk yard around the corner and talked to a friend of mine and it just so happens that they just got a evo 8 ( well from what he said they got parts of a evo 8 lol) he said that it looks like the car hit a pole or tree right past the back of the hood and split the car in half but destroyed the mid and rear sections of the car. he said he could probly get me the entire turbo kit for 600$ so i think thats what im going to do and ill do just like the others and ill post a thread about it and ask questions cuz i dont know much about turbos.

 

The issue with synthetic vs non synthetic is mainly for two reasons, and only apply to turbo. A) the lancer's oil pump/pickup location does noticeably have an issue with picking up large quantities of synthetic vs dino oil at higher loads which means the increased oil demand due to the turbo will make the issue bigger. and B) synthetic oil often has a problem with foaming when inside the turbo, where as dino oil seems to be a little more consistent at the incredibly high rpms/heat of the turbo. Remember the turbo gets hotter than the rest of your engine, so the abuse the oil is put through on a turbo car is greater than NA

Like everyone said, with a brand new turbo and setup, the main thing is just regular maintenance and observation. Be a worry wart. Constantly watch the gauges for anything out of the norm, and every 2 weeks or so just do a once over everything to make sure theres no leaks or worn parts. If a problem develops, fix it immediately. With NA you can sometimes avoid a problem for a little longer and you wont have a problem, but turbo seems to speed up every problem until before you know it your little problem has become a huge car threatening problem, like my car and it's blown turbo seals/possible oil filter clog

 

enuff said on that topic. lol

 

Question:
When turboing your car with a used turbo should you do a flush with the oil?

Example:
Fresh oil when you install turbo then oil change 2 weeks later just to check and flush the system.

 

I had the same queston, and this is the answer I got from Sicktght311

Just clean it up really well, run an oil flush through it ( the turbo ), and then once you get it on the car watch it, if you start to notice oil in your downpipe, any oil leaks, or blowing smoke, take it off, rebuild

how do i flush the turbo itself of oil?

Fill the oil cavity with a standard car engine oil treatment, plug it up, let it sit for a day or two, and then flush it out with some new oil or something and give it a good week to dry out
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I'm gonna begin taking mine apart and see if I can clean it a bit and remove and sludged up oil it might have from the last person who had it. I've ordered new lines and everything for it as well. Hopefully I'll be able to clean it good and won't have to have it rebuilt.