What not to do with a Turbo
01-24-2006, 01:23 PM
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What not to do with a Turbo Well we get quite a few turbos here on a daily basis, this one so far was the best of the week. All I can say is, a nice allen wrench was pulled out of the turbine housing 
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01-24-2006, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by smokinHawk
turbo mustang guy i know had a turbo eat a hose clamp, or the hose clamp ate the turbo, then he asked if it was ok to run the turbo with the blades all messed up
01-24-2006, 07:12 PM
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the best i have ever seen was a guy i know has a RX7 FC and his hood was rubbing on his maf sensor and was making some noise. so he decided to use an oven mit between the hood and the maf. he wasnt running a filter for whatever reason and the mit came loose. i will let you guys decide where it just happen to go.
01-24-2006, 07:13 PM
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ever try sticking your hand over the mouth of a turbo to see how much air it sucks in ??
I did once many years ago...thank f**k it was only a small turbo though !!!!!!!!
I did once many years ago...thank f**k it was only a small turbo though !!!!!!!!
01-24-2006, 07:16 PM
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It could get dropped into the exhaust manifolds by accident, and forgot about.
Can easily happen, although more so with nuts and bolts. An Allen key is taking it a but further....
If the turbo isnt bolted up, always be careful where any nuts/bolts/washers go when taking things apart around an open turbo manifold
Can easily happen, although more so with nuts and bolts. An Allen key is taking it a but further....
If the turbo isnt bolted up, always be careful where any nuts/bolts/washers go when taking things apart around an open turbo manifold
01-24-2006, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Ruchillws6
Ok first things first. How the hell does something like that or a hose clamp get into the turbo. I dont understand. 
01-24-2006, 09:49 PM
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You guys haven't seen anything yet.....just wait till we post pics of another turbo that showed up...lol. I'll have a new post for this one...