sorry if you've already done this I came in half way through this thread but have you taken the piping from the compressor mouth and tried spinning the turbo by hand? perhaps oil build up in the core has 'congealed' or whatever the term for it is if it does spin smoothly and easily then chances are the oil has dried out and gone all crusty (hehe yes I know, such accurate termanology"
Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 4:18 PM Subject: Re: FJ T03 'stuck'?! > Prior to this recent problem I had the battery diconnected and removed from the > car, so I don;t know if that affects things - COnsidering it starts, idles will > run fine up to 1,800 I really suspect it is purely a non-spinning turbo, tho > I'll give it a try. I have a laptop and haltech software so I'll also run the > engine data page do a datalog to see what comes up. > > > Quoting James Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > try unpluging your computer for about 20 secs and plug it back in again and > > > > see if that helps > > > > > > >From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: FJ T03 'stuck'?! > > >Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:12:00 +1000 > > > > > >Howdy List, > > > > > >Well I went to get the 'disability in the garage' (as my wife calls it now) > > > > >out for an emergency unreg'd drive to work since she temporarily lost the > > >keys to the parts car... > > >Anyways, my stuck turbo syndrome strikes again, only this time it didn't > > >unstick itself - stuffed bearings or all carboned up are my guess. > > >Symptoms are engine starts and runs fine... up to ~1,800 rpm then just hits > > > > >a brick wall if driving or surges on idle with light accel. If I kick it in > > > > >the guts enough it will rev to 3-4k with the telltale turbo whine (hey its > > > > >spinning!) but will idle down and won't go over 1800 again without boot > > >fulls from right foot. > > > > > >What happened last time was the whine came back and stayed and all was well > > > > >- and it struck me at that precise moment "oh the turbo wasn't spinning, > > >impeding gas flow and so no go - tho' when it refused to drive above 1800 > > >it does just go pretty dead with nothing, almost like ECU is cutting for > > >not getting right MAP reading or something? So I need to remove turbo and > > >inspect, fiddle see how free it is (not very!) and for from there...what > > >are the gaskets required when I take it off, can I buy, make or customise > > >something or do I get something for Stuart Wilkins Rally etc. > > > > > >Having a turbo recently that lost it timing (due to worn keyway on the end > > > > >of the crank) displaying some of the above could it be some major mishap > > >with dissy or computer? The lack of turbo whine is bit of a give away, but > > > > >I'm not to sure how noisy it was under 2,5-3,000 rpm which when I usually > > >hear it - and as above it will eventually spin with revs. > > > > > >TIA for any pointers, > > > > > >PS any good t3 or Fj suitable turbos 4sale? > > > > > >Mark > > >ACT > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Gaming galore at http://xtramsn.co.nz/gaming ! > > > > > > > --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
