most effective solvent to dump into turbo that will clean carbon yet safe for seals
Turbo/exhaust manifold is off car.
The first turbo I cracked the housing trying to get open. these Canadian turbos eventually get to the point where they fuse together and are practically impossible to get open.
This second turbo I bought used I managed to get the vane lever moving spraying pb blaster. The problem is it still occasionally sticks a bit at the top every now and then when I play with it back and forth.
I have found that if you shove a few garbage bags into the exhaust ports and have the turbine side up you can pour in a solvent into the housing and it sits there without draining because the bags block the solvent from pouring out.
So far I've used diesel fuel for this purpose and it seems like it's done somewhat of a good job.
My question is what's the BEST solvent to dissolve carbon and yet be safe on the seals that are in there.
I don't want to mess this turbo up and bother trying to crack it (I did give it a go but really didn't push it because of what happened with the other turbo) because this one has very minimal shaft play and zero horizontal play and seems to still have lots of life and I got a really good deal (think I paid 120).
I figure I get it good enough then I do the oven cleaner thing once I have it in the car.
(btw in regards to the turbo I mangled. just for ****s and giggles to see if I could force it open I wrigged it up to my 2 ton hoist and chained the housing to it and the other half to the bottom legs.... but instead of it giving way and opening the manifold cracked in two.... just to show illustrate how fricken fused the housing was. )
Turbo/exhaust manifold is off car.
The first turbo I cracked the housing trying to get open. these Canadian turbos eventually get to the point where they fuse together and are practically impossible to get open.
This second turbo I bought used I managed to get the vane lever moving spraying pb blaster. The problem is it still occasionally sticks a bit at the top every now and then when I play with it back and forth.
I have found that if you shove a few garbage bags into the exhaust ports and have the turbine side up you can pour in a solvent into the housing and it sits there without draining because the bags block the solvent from pouring out.
So far I've used diesel fuel for this purpose and it seems like it's done somewhat of a good job.
My question is what's the BEST solvent to dissolve carbon and yet be safe on the seals that are in there.
I don't want to mess this turbo up and bother trying to crack it (I did give it a go but really didn't push it because of what happened with the other turbo) because this one has very minimal shaft play and zero horizontal play and seems to still have lots of life and I got a really good deal (think I paid 120).
I figure I get it good enough then I do the oven cleaner thing once I have it in the car.
(btw in regards to the turbo I mangled. just for ****s and giggles to see if I could force it open I wrigged it up to my 2 ton hoist and chained the housing to it and the other half to the bottom legs.... but instead of it giving way and opening the manifold cracked in two.... just to show illustrate how fricken fused the housing was. )
Last edited: