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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 09:18 AM
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Iv got about 250000 on my truck stock turbo just have a chip. I took a look at my turbo impeller and all the blades look good but i can grab it an move it in and out about 1/8" it doesnt move up and down or hit the sides is this normal or are my bearings going out?
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Mat J
Iv got about 250000 on my truck stock turbo just have a chip. I took a look at my turbo impeller and all the blades look good but i can grab it an move it in and out about 1/8" it doesnt move up and down or hit the sides is this normal or are my bearings going out?
A long as you cant move it from side to side you should be ok...They will move in and out..Is it hitting anything??
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 10:42 AM
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Sorry Joey, but in and out movement is not good. Side to side is ok as long as it don't hit the housing.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 10:46 AM
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Sorry Joey, but in and out movement is not good. Side to side is ok as long as it don't hit the housing.
That's what I thought, Thanks for posting that.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 11:13 AM
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Thats what i was afraid of it moves in and out about an 1/8 it drives normal though i dont have a boost gauge or egt to watch.

What will happen if i keep running it till it gets worse. Will it break and go into my engine?
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 11:20 AM
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Thats what i was afraid of it moves in and out about an 1/8 it drives normal though i dont have a boost gauge or egt to watch.

What will happen if i keep running it till it gets worse. Will it break and go into my engine?
White smoke can mean oil is getting past the bearing seals and getting to the exhaust side. Oil at the end of the tailipe is aslo a sign of leaking seal if it is bad enough. When the turbo goes white smoke will poor out of the tailpipe. When I had a catastrophic turbo failure the only harm was to the turbo.

Keep an eye out for the signs.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 12:04 PM
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Sorry Joey, but in and out movement is not good. Side to side is ok as long as it don't hit the housing.
So sorry for the misinformation..I humbly stand corrected
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 01:55 PM
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I checked mine while I did the CCV mod and I have the same thing going on and I thought it was ok like Joey said, we were both backwards. For MatJ and myself what do we do to correct the problem?
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 02:41 PM
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I checked mine while I did the CCV mod and I have the same thing going on and I thought it was ok like Joey said, we were both backwards. For MatJ and myself what do we do to correct the problem?


Get this kit from Clay. LINK

Then do this. LINK
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 02:46 PM
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Thank you, I thought for sure I was ok because I dont even have 101K miles on it
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 02:59 PM
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Thanks for the information im gunna run mine till i have problems or it starts to smoke so hopefully i can afford a better turbo over just rebuilding mine
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Mat J
Thanks for the information im gunna run mine till i have problems or it starts to smoke so hopefully i can afford a better turbo over just rebuilding mine
I wouldn't. When it has a problem metal could fly and it could be BAD.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 03:40 PM
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Thanks for the information im gunna run mine till i have problems or it starts to smoke so hopefully i can afford a better turbo over just rebuilding mine
If you let it go too long it will go big time and leave you stranded. When mine blew I was able to drive about 40 miles at about 35 MPH and pumped 7 quarts of oil through my exhaust. Doubt I would have made it much further without the injectors shutting down for lack of oil.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 08:48 PM
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If you let it go too long it will go big time and leave you stranded. When mine blew I was able to drive about 40 miles at about 35 MPH and pumped 7 quarts of oil through my exhaust. Doubt I would have made it much further without the injectors shutting down for lack of oil.
did yours start to smoke a little bit or just went all at once. Mine isnt smoking.
 
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I found a van turbo on CL not to far from me for $350 with a 1.15 A/R housing, I think im just gonna go that route. Can you guys maybe help me out here, when I talked to the seller he said that the turbo came off an OBS and I would need a different something for the down pipe to adapt to my 01, how much it is depends on if I buy the turbo or not, thanks. Sorry about the
 
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