coonmanx
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- Colorado Springs, CO
Maybe some of you have contributed to my thread "Time to shoot it". This is a continuation of that thread in a way as I believe that the turbo may be going out.
My rebuilt turbo (water cooled Garret) has been in there for around 90k miles now. I am not sure of exact mileage as the odometer is not working right now. I do have a replacement speedo to fix that issue. Anyway, as of late the boost gauge has not been going as high as usual. I am still getting boost, the gauge is just not going as high. Then last night, for the first time, I heard a bit of rumble coming from the turbo on deccelaration. Just briefly but not a good noise. I would say that maybe it is a bearing type noise but I can't be sure. The car is going in for some repairs next week but right now it may be getting more diagnosis than repairs. What is the life of a turbo? I have run this car hard for the last 90k miles. Is it time?
Also my tach started bouncing a couple of days ago. It gets to about 2.5k then just jumps up to 4k and then kind of back down and then up again. If it is just the tach I do have a replacement.
So next week I am going to have the expert take a look at the turbo. I had recently done the wiggle test on the intake side and it didn't seem to have that much play. However, there is quite a bit of oil both in front of and above the turbo and on into the intake. I wasn't sure if that was from blowby or the turbo. I was planning on putting new struts in next week but that may get put on hold. And just so people don't ream me for not doing all of this work myself, this is my only car and not only a daily driver but a car I use for food delivery (Chinese) because with the economy that is all I can find for work right now. I do a lot of the repair work myself but sometimes I need someone else to do the other stuff. And I finally found a good reliable mechanic after eight years of looking.
My rebuilt turbo (water cooled Garret) has been in there for around 90k miles now. I am not sure of exact mileage as the odometer is not working right now. I do have a replacement speedo to fix that issue. Anyway, as of late the boost gauge has not been going as high as usual. I am still getting boost, the gauge is just not going as high. Then last night, for the first time, I heard a bit of rumble coming from the turbo on deccelaration. Just briefly but not a good noise. I would say that maybe it is a bearing type noise but I can't be sure. The car is going in for some repairs next week but right now it may be getting more diagnosis than repairs. What is the life of a turbo? I have run this car hard for the last 90k miles. Is it time?
Also my tach started bouncing a couple of days ago. It gets to about 2.5k then just jumps up to 4k and then kind of back down and then up again. If it is just the tach I do have a replacement.
So next week I am going to have the expert take a look at the turbo. I had recently done the wiggle test on the intake side and it didn't seem to have that much play. However, there is quite a bit of oil both in front of and above the turbo and on into the intake. I wasn't sure if that was from blowby or the turbo. I was planning on putting new struts in next week but that may get put on hold. And just so people don't ream me for not doing all of this work myself, this is my only car and not only a daily driver but a car I use for food delivery (Chinese) because with the economy that is all I can find for work right now. I do a lot of the repair work myself but sometimes I need someone else to do the other stuff. And I finally found a good reliable mechanic after eight years of looking.