Yea-but... Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Well I hope too. At the same time this is all happening I got my 20G back after having the wastegate actuator welded on. So I am not too worried about losing the 19T. Brilliant fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdlimy Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 50 bucks for a 19t rebuild and sell it for top dollar =] Are you making the drive up for ipd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Mac Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Seems logical to me. 19t is leaking some oil? Fix it by installing the 20g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
854TGA+ Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Cylinder leak down test is easier than swapping turbos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
550 Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Check the in and out shaft play of the turbo. I had a turbo fail with some pretty epic in/out play, and smoke on deceleration was the only real tell tale sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
854TGA+ Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 So what was the issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpin Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Still have my bet on the turbo seal but I have not swapped it yet. Problem still exists. I will update this thread when I know more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I still say yank the dipstick & vent it under. Very easy to do, and will help narrow it down. I resisted doing it myself, when it was suggested on my old setup, and wasted much time dicking around with turbo drain, etc.... You may indeed need a turbo rebuild, but this test requires so little effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon35T Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Odd that a freshly rebuilt turbo would fail so quick. As someone else noted you may want to dig deeper as to why. Straightpipe exhaust ? Oiling issues ? Surge ? Etc - At least the "fix" is on standby ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpin Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 What would straightpipe exhaust do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpin Posted March 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 20G tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad850 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 20G tomorrow O ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon35T Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 What would straightpipe exhaust do? Those little TD04's spool so fast you get overspooling with so little backpressure. Looks to cause premature failure for whatever reason. Popped seals twice running a straightpipe and I've heard the same from others on here. First was on the factory turbo with ~70k miles and the second was on a freshly rebuilt 16t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpin Posted March 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Hmmm, well, it is 3" all the way back with a cutout in the suitcase area before the muffler. I did make a few wot runs on the cutout before I noticed this smoking. If thats the cause then what should I do to protect the TD05? Restrict the cutout outlet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon35T Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 That might be the source of your seal blowout issue then. The 20g should have a slower spool. Might not be an issue at all. Some backpressure is important thought so you might want to play with it a little and find the right balance. I fixed my issue with this (Check out my impromptu paint skillz) - Obviously not to scale ;-) Still a straightpipe and still flows well but the expansion chambers give enough backpressure throughout the rpms to improve things. Sounds great too. This is just to give you an idea of how I took care of the problem. We dont have emmisions here so it wasn't hard to come up with something. As the exhaust gases cool they have less volume so keeping it 3" really isn't as important as some would lead you to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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