Serious turbo problems...HELP!!!

cjthor · Post by **cjthor** » July 4th, 2006, 7:23 pm

I took the turbo completely off and ran straight manifold and got no coolant to come out. I pressurized the coolant lines on the turbo and cant hear it leaking....maybe the turbo needs to be warm to leak??

cjthor · Post by **cjthor** » July 6th, 2006, 8:20 pm

well crap.....brought the turbo to work and hooked it up to a smoke machine to see if it would leak....nada.....CRAP!!! I am going to go home again tonite and get a new radiator cap and see if i can get the engine to leak. This is freaking weird.....

ariesdude · Post by **ariesdude** » July 6th, 2006, 10:05 pm

Does that smoke machine pressurize the smoke? Maybe you can try hooking it up to a compressed air source (with the outlet plugged) and listen for any whistling sounds ......

cjthor · Post by **cjthor** » July 6th, 2006, 10:36 pm

ariesdude wrote:Does that smoke machine pressurize the smoke? Maybe you can try hooking it up to a compressed air source (with the outlet plugged) and listen for any whistling sounds ......

SH*T!!!!! OOOOkay soooo i just came home and let the fan cycle TWICE and no coolant. I pressurized the turbo with 60psi of air. PLENTY of presure. HOW MUCH MOISTURE do you think is in an exhaust system???

ariesdude · Post by **ariesdude** » July 7th, 2006, 1:17 am

Maybe its one of those ghost in the machine problems - i guess all you can do now is to make sure all the fittings are ok and watch it closely - unless you have a spare turbo lying around ......

It could just be that one of the seals leaked some coolant and then got seated properly (due to the pressure/temperature) after some time.....

cjthor · Post by **cjthor** » July 7th, 2006, 10:50 am

ariesdude wrote:Maybe its one of those ghost in the machine problems - i guess all you can do now is to make sure all the fittings are ok and watch it closely - unless you have a spare turbo lying around ......

It could just be that one of the seals leaked some coolant and then got seated properly (due to the pressure/temperature) after some time.....

Im thinking the engine needs to see the pressure of the turbo to leak? I am gonna put it allll back together again tonite WITH the turbo unhooked from the coolant and start from there.....