So finally I get around to looking at mounting the turbo and exhaust this past weekend and after pulling the compressor housing off I find this...
There seems to be oil all over the place inside there which would suggest the seal is blown. There's not a huge amount of play in the shaft but It will walk back and forth a bit. I'm guessing the compressor wheel is trashed but is the housing bad too?
I'm new to turbos so I don't know how bad this really is. Obviously anything making contact like this isn't good but can I salvage this turbo?
Andy



There seems to be oil all over the place inside there which would suggest the seal is blown. There's not a huge amount of play in the shaft but It will walk back and forth a bit. I'm guessing the compressor wheel is trashed but is the housing bad too?
I'm new to turbos so I don't know how bad this really is. Obviously anything making contact like this isn't good but can I salvage this turbo?
Andy