Abacus
That helpful B4 guy
Well, I pulled the turbo and the shaft does have some movement. The vanes were hitting the sides but not due to impact or foreign object debris. The picture on the left is from when it was new and the one on the right is today.
Oil leaked out of the inlet side when I had it set on its side as well. Not sure if that's normal but I don't remember other ones doing it.
And I had to run for an exhaust stud to install the old turbo (the original one with 442K on it), but noticed it's cracked around the wastegate port. I've never seen that before. Not much I can do about it since I don't have a spare turbo. Or maybe I do on the spare engine in my barn in the next town. I don't think that one was blown.
So tomorrow I'm going to finish installing the old turbo, prime it, and see how it goes. If it comes out of the issue, then I'll go from there. If not I'll regroup.
But either way I need to fix the fuel line on the wagon. I bought some compression fittings that should work. The plan is to disconnect the fuel lines from the fuel filter and put light pressure to the feed and light suction to the return, to see which one leaks under the car.
Never a dull day with a B4. I LONG for dull days now....
Oil leaked out of the inlet side when I had it set on its side as well. Not sure if that's normal but I don't remember other ones doing it.
And I had to run for an exhaust stud to install the old turbo (the original one with 442K on it), but noticed it's cracked around the wastegate port. I've never seen that before. Not much I can do about it since I don't have a spare turbo. Or maybe I do on the spare engine in my barn in the next town. I don't think that one was blown.
So tomorrow I'm going to finish installing the old turbo, prime it, and see how it goes. If it comes out of the issue, then I'll go from there. If not I'll regroup.
But either way I need to fix the fuel line on the wagon. I bought some compression fittings that should work. The plan is to disconnect the fuel lines from the fuel filter and put light pressure to the feed and light suction to the return, to see which one leaks under the car.
Never a dull day with a B4. I LONG for dull days now....
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