are you sure it's not compressor wheel rubbing on the comp cover? are you running a decent air filter? is the car in Mt Isa still? Daniel where there any nicks or marks on the compressor wheel when you bought the charger?
Heath ----- Original Message ----- From: Mr Daniel Kroehn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:58 PM Subject: Bad turbocharger noises > Hey guys, > > I finally got to drive my car today!!!! But that's as far as my > jubilation went. I drove it steadily up the street not taking it past > 3 grand, blow off valve worked well too. Turned around at the top of > the street and on the way back the turbo started to make a noise like > the bearings were starved for oil. > I immediately clutched the car dropped it out of gear and rolled down > the street with the engine idling. It does really sound like dry > bearings(its a roller bearing turbo) but to my surprise when I took the > oil feed off and ran the engine, it pumped out a shitload of oil( the > feed that is) I've had the car running before this and even on the > dyno and it hasn't misbehaved at all. My only conclusion is that the > drainage side of the turbo is blocked but I can't be sure as when I > take of the inlet fitting there is a small puddle of oil that won't > drain away. The noise gets louder as the engine revs get higher. The > oil is really black as well, would this have anything to do with it? > Any advice would be appreciated as I'm supposed to finish tuning the > old girl tomorrow and drive out of this place by tuesday at the latest. > > Very disheartned at this point in time, > > Daniel Kroehn > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
