Turbo side 2 side movement

[Ryan Rønning]

I have had a new wicked wheel on order for a long time and it should be here soon. I heard some odd noise yesterday coming from the turbo so today when I changed my oil I pulled my intake tube to check my comp wheel. It has some side 2 side movement now.

Question will the movement go away when I install the new wheel!

[Ryan Rønning]

Bumping this up!

[Ryan Rønning]

C'mon guys I need to know!

[cliford]

how much side to side movement? oil in the exhaust?

[Ryan Rønning]

No oil in exhaust, CCV mod done. Very little but I swear I can here metel to metel contact!

[cliford]

well when my turbo blew i got mass amounts of oil in the exhaust thats why i was wondering. im not the one that has the knowledge to tell you if the wicked wheel would fix it but im going to take a stab and say your bearings are slowly going but dont hold me to it... wheres all the smart people on this website at?

[Ryan Rønning]

I dont know.

Bumping this up!

Getting in shower, back in a few!

[CADASH]

Im going to say its probably not going to fix it. Think of the turbo like an axle. Bearing in the turbine side and one on the compressor side of the shaft(or axle). If there is play on one side a new wheel wouldnt fix it. It would most likely be a bearing(or hub). A rebuild might be due soon. A good time to do the wicked wheel too!!!

[bigcountrysg]

No the ww will not fix your problem. How much play are we talking about.

You really need to measure the movement. Most likely you will have to remove the turbo tear it down and inspect the turbo.

Most likely you will have to rebuild the turbo.

[Ryan Rønning]

I already have the wicked wheel but now I need to know if I need to do other things, I would love to just buy better turbo but unless someone has a used proformance turbo for cheap (under $300) I am limited in what I can do!