Is there a loss in power? Is the turbo still making full boost at wot? Is there noise coming from the turbo? Is the turbo smoking? You need to check for shaft play. How do the wheels look (are the blades damaged at all)? Is there any scrape marks in the housings? Is there any oil in the housings? Just a few things to get you started...

 

it sounds like a kazoo. describe your symptoms instead of having us guess.

 

Oil in you intercooler pipe, low boost, a whistle from the turbo when its spooling up, heavy smoke, shaft play. Also Check spark plugs If you have power loss.

 

What's wrong with this picture ted? I'll tell you what's wrong. NO ENGINE (turbo)! A couple of spoon engines will pull a premium a few days before race wars.

 

Hey, Hey, you just can't climb in the ring with Ali 'cause you think you box.

Tomorrow ill be checking out everything again, possible i put the rod caps on the wrong rods If thats the case, the car will be done soon Thats what happens when you dont pay attention. In the Words of my daughter" You Need To Pay Attention"

 

No kazoo sound. Loss of power. 97% of the time 4lbs of boost. Other 3% goes past 4lbs, but no power. Shaft play maybe 1 to 2mm. Didn't take the turbo off to look for internal damage. Just removed the hot pipe side of the turbo to check for shaft play. Not sure if there's any oil in the turbo either. No oil in the intercooler piping. No boost leaks. Didn't notice any smoke or burning smell. Dead? Dying? Boost controller? Thanks for the feedback guys

 

He knows I can box (points to bmxer4it).

I hate your daughter. she speaks too much truth at such a young age lol. Hows the sons doing?

 

If you take off the intake, can you spin the blades freely, or do they seem really stiff?
If its not the turbo, you must have some type of Vac leak somewhere, or 1 or your intercooler pipes is not connected well. 5Psi all the time but when it goes above nothing. Sounds like a Lose Pipe somewhere. Double check all you intercooler pipe, and connectors.

 

LOL she does. He is doing good. growing up to fast lol shoot al three of them are. Welp, got to check my bearing and see what's up with them.

 

When a friend and myself did the boost leak test we checked all connections. All good. Turbo spins freely, but my friend said he feels a "rough" spot in part of the rotation. Thanks!

 

hmm doesnt sound like a blown turbo. Sounds more like a boost controller, or Vac line connected incorrectly. car ever been overboosted? i know the 8s go into a safe mode on the ecu if it detects an over boost.

 

Any one ever seen this ride???

 

GSR4B11- If you are positive it isn't a loose connection with the i/c piping, have you checked the hotside of the turbo? You could have an exhaust leak someplace that is causing the turbo to be unable to spool. Any issues with the wastegate? Have you checked all vac lines running to the boost controller and wastegate actuator (I'm assuming it is a stock turbo setup...)?

 

yep.....its me. im in ewa i did meet a guy named shawn(sp) a couple of days ago on H1. had a panda'd out evo 8. says there is a meet on fridays for DSM guys. shawn(sp) if you are on here send me a pm

 

Shawn is Superk1980 meet is at Waikele Starbucks at 8!