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Trick to make ebay turbos last a bit longer

Posted: April 18th, 2009, 3:38 am
by hgallegos915
ok, so these turbos I assume dont last as long as a garret, because they have cheap oil seals and bearings. but I call them the disposable turbos, as they do last a pretty good while, my last one lasted me over a year with alot of beating, I removed it to try a bigger a/r so I still have it as a spare, anywho here are the pics on how I made my restrictor.


The ebay turbos will die pretty fast with our stock oil pressure, so to fix it all you do is regulate, not block but regulate the oil.

The ebay oil restrictors are made of alluminium and will get damaged fast if youover tighten.


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There is a small piece of cardboard there because the copper fittings were banging against the intake and it was denting it.

Re: Trick to make ebay turbos last a bit longer

Posted: June 4th, 2009, 10:38 pm
by Josh
Ha ha ha that is awsome. im sure it works well. how long are most getting out of these turbos

Re: Trick to make ebay turbos last a bit longer

Posted: June 4th, 2009, 10:51 pm
by progt91
now that there is some enginuity, well done grasshopper

Re: Trick to make ebay turbos last a bit longer

Posted: June 4th, 2009, 10:55 pm
by RS_OBD'oh_2
http://www.jgstools.com/turbo/index2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

the oil restrictor can be found under accessories, 3rd item down.