Turbo leaking

[strokin_early_99]

Ford or ITP. I do not know what size but they are flange head bolts. Sorry I can't help more.

Just put new bolts in and call it good. No need to pull turbo.

[strokin_early_99]

And if the turbine wheel has been grinding away at the housing the wheel will be out of balance. The it starts screaming and you are dead when you are out of town in Kelowna, BC. Yeah, just throw bolts in it! Bad stuff happens when you just "throw stuff in it" so I have learned to not cut corners. But like I said earlier, I am anal about doing it right the first time. Besides, how long do you think it takes to pull the turbo? If it takes longer than an hour to R&R then you are BSing too much with the buddies.

My grandpa had a saying back home, "If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when will you have time to do it again? "

Originally Posted by strokin_early_99

And if the turbine wheel has been grinding away at the housing the wheel will be out of balance. The it starts screaming and you are dead when you are out of town in Kelowna, BC. Yeah, just throw bolts in it! Bad stuff happens when you just "throw stuff in it" so I have learned to not cut corners. But like I said earlier, I am anal about doing it right the first time. Besides, how long do you think it takes to pull the turbo? If it takes longer than an hour to R&R then you are BSing too much with the buddies.

My grandpa had a saying back home, "If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when will you have time to do it again? "

I wonder if its possible to inspect it without taking it out? Maybe even an audible inspection? Na that wont work. Sorry for giving out the bad information.

[strokin_early_99]

Originally Posted by Stroketech

I wonder if its possible to inspect it without taking it out? Maybe even an audible inspection? Na that wont work. Sorry for giving out the bad information.

now wait a minute, an audible test might work without taking the turbo off. Take the intake tube off and spin the wheel with right hand while you get as close as possible with your right ear to listen. Do this before you attempt to put the new bolts in. That way you can see if it is rubbing on the housing. If you put the bolts in first then you would not be able to hear any contact at that point.

As others have said on here and on you post on PSN, the ITP kit would be the last bolts you ever buy.

[rajharley]

If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when will you have time to do it again? "

I thought that the saying was "there is never enough time to do it right the first time, but there is always time to do it again." HA

And here is a crazy question about the bolts. Is there two more bolts on the bottom of that flange? and if so .... if ya still had one in the bottom part of the flange couldn't you just take one of those out and take it in to get 4 new ones of like size and then replace all 4 and loctite the pizz outta them?

[strokin_early_99]

The bottom front is the only one you could possible take off.

My other concern is the bottom rear bolt. It can not be accessed with the turbo on, or I should say that I could not even touch it.

[sgleshot]

ok, well as far as if the wheel is rubbing, its not, When I first started having the problem I pulled the intake tube off that spun the wheel by hand to see if it was binding at all and if that was the reason why my boost wasnt where it should be. There wasnt any side to side movement or contact that I could feel, thats why I ruled out the turbo for the most part to begin with. Thats why I want to "just put the bolts back in" with some locktite.