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Old 01-15-2009 | 03:38 PM
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Well i have An incon twin turbo kit on my car and I recently rebuild the turbos like 4months ago.The other day it started smoking and I look underneath and I see oil dripping down of my passenger side turbo.The driver side is fine but for some reason this passenger side turbo is giving me hell.I have oil dripping out of the blowoff valve on that side.Could the seals have gone bad already?Or what could my problem be? If anyone can help me out I gladly appreciate it.
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Did you personally rebuild them or did a shop?
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Did you personally rebuild them or did a shop?
A shop in houston called turbochargers!
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I'd take the turbo (or whole car) back to them and have them look at it. Maybe something wasn't put back together right, or not tightened correctly.
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I'd take the turbo (or whole car) back to them and have them look at it. Maybe something wasn't put back together right, or not tightened correctly.
Well all they do is rebuild turbos and sell them they dont actually work on the car.A shop in houston was the one that worked on my car!
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Talk with whomever rebuilt the turbo. They more than likely have some kind of warranty for their work (30-day, 60-day). I'd start there first. If they tell you to shove off, then get back to us. It's not normal for turbo seals to go out like that after a fresh rebuild, unless they didn't assemble it correctly. Also, make sure your oil feed and return lines are all tight and its not leaking from them.
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Naw I think its the turbo cause I have oil leaking out of my blowoff valve and on the airfilter pipe on that same side.I even have oil leaking out my cutout!
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turbo drain problem.... restriction or kink in the drain line.
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turbo drain problem.... restriction or kink in the drain line.
Damn, you beat me to it.

Did you make sure that the restrictors got re-installed (if there were any to begin with)?
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+2 on the drain problem. I have done 7 incon kits and have replaced more tilton pumps then I want to think about. I replaced them with a wedon and added "check valves" and the cars never had problems.
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I have pics ima try upload them today so yall can see how the lines are ran! Uploaded!







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I dk if this pics help any!
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Wipe off the surfaces and get them clean the best you can. Then get the car on some ramps, start it up, and see if you can find where its coming from. If your turbo is leaking from one of the seals, you should see it as soon as you get oil pressure. Make sure its not coming from somewhere else. It could be leaking from someone else, and gravity is just doing its job (causing it to run down the lowest point of the turbo and pipes).
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I already did and as long as I dont turn on the the car it wont leak .once I turn it on it starts leaking out of the crack on the turbo and it drips down!
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Then it has to be the seal. I'd take it back to whomever rebuilt the turbo. They obviously didn't tighten the bolts to spec or didn't clean the flange surface during the rebuild.
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can you tighten the bolts and see if it helps, they were loose on my car tightened them up and no more leaks after that!
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I'd personally take it back to the shop that rebuilt them. If you mess anything up, than that is all on you. Have the shop fix their screw up. Just my .02

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lets see the pic of the air intake hose to that turbo...is it smashed in half against the kmember?
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Originally Posted by cablebandit
lets see the pic of the air intake hose to that turbo...is it smashed in half against the kmember?
Not sure!I had a guy tell me that My drain line is out of place and that I should rotate both the exhaust housing and compressor housing so the centersecion(with bearings and oil drain) is pointed straight down
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Ide check the oil return pump VERY GOOD or replace just to be on the safe side .Thats why i made a belt driven system for my INCON before i sold it for a APS Heres a few pics if you havent seen it yet
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...arparts006.jpg


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