Judson
Veteran Member
Well, for all those following my little saga, I was trying to figure out why off-line response sucked, so I went out to do some logging. WOT, 3rd gear from 1500rpms to redline. Just short of redline, something went POP. This was the first run, so only the first log was taken, and it's only an EGR function thingy.
Mechanic called today: VNT17 is blown. This is the second. Two different vendors. Same Garrett.
He's going to continue to dig in, but something is not right. Boost was fine: spiked to 24psi then went down. Never seen an overboost condition running rc4. Ever. Car never even got to redline. Brand new oil feed line on at least the 2nd turbo.
Both turbos had their label glued on - that's the only clue that something might be up. Both vendors are reputable. Maybe I'm getting Chinese turbos from both.
Anyway, there's no way in hell I'm putting another Garrett VNT17 on my car. Probably not even going to put a Garrett at this point. Mechanic will warrantee a borg warner. At least this second turbo lasted until redliine. The first didn't even get that far.
Has anyone ever come across this kind of weirdness before? I will post up the one log that I do have in a bit.
TIA!
Jud.
Mechanic called today: VNT17 is blown. This is the second. Two different vendors. Same Garrett.
He's going to continue to dig in, but something is not right. Boost was fine: spiked to 24psi then went down. Never seen an overboost condition running rc4. Ever. Car never even got to redline. Brand new oil feed line on at least the 2nd turbo.
Both turbos had their label glued on - that's the only clue that something might be up. Both vendors are reputable. Maybe I'm getting Chinese turbos from both.
Anyway, there's no way in hell I'm putting another Garrett VNT17 on my car. Probably not even going to put a Garrett at this point. Mechanic will warrantee a borg warner. At least this second turbo lasted until redliine. The first didn't even get that far.
Has anyone ever come across this kind of weirdness before? I will post up the one log that I do have in a bit.
TIA!
Jud.