Glenn: What are the consequences if the bearings in the turbo lunch before you
have them replaced? If that seal gets too bad could you affect the lubrication
of the bearing? Or coke up the turbine to the point of jambing? Just hate to
see you trash the housing, shaft, et al. If there is no danger, then, well,
oil is cheap!
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
----- Original Message -----
From "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu>
To: "Geoff Branch" <gjbranch@attbi.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: rocker set and turbo smoke
> Thanks Geoff,
>
> I just spoke to a turbo shop in Sacramento. He explained clearly why I
> shouldn't try this myself. The dynamic balancing of something that can spin
> at 90K is CRITICAL. It seems that the smoke is caused by the high vacuum at
> idle when the turbo is producing almost no boost at all. At that point oil
> is sucked past a tired seal into the intake side producing the smoke. Its
>> Glen Byrns
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