Oil out the exhaust
Posted: 02 Apr 2008, 22:58
Mates got a 1.6TD, had a vege lump fitted a year ago and the turbo blew shortly after , got himself a new/recon one and got another "mate" to fit it, it only lasted a few miles due to turbo oil feed pipe being blocked/bust whatever .
Anyhow gets supplier to do a rebuild on said turbo and has it refitted by another less numpty mate and its ran for a year though with a bit of blue smoke a lot of the time,
Ive just done some lecky work on it and when running it smelt/stunk of oil , anyhow he takes it away today and calls me 5minut4s later to come see it,
I see engine oil dripping out of the tailpipe and also the clamp where front pipe gopes into silencer.He said the smoke when driving was dense! . started it up and not much smoke and off he goes.
Will get a report tommorow.
Moral being, dont let idiots play with things they know nothing about (so far £700ish for turbo + rebuild +fitting twice!)
Do we reckon its goosed or what?
Mike
Yes its a long post but Im bored waiting for a call and a bit of background history is always usefull
Anyhow gets supplier to do a rebuild on said turbo and has it refitted by another less numpty mate and its ran for a year though with a bit of blue smoke a lot of the time,
Ive just done some lecky work on it and when running it smelt/stunk of oil , anyhow he takes it away today and calls me 5minut4s later to come see it,
I see engine oil dripping out of the tailpipe and also the clamp where front pipe gopes into silencer.He said the smoke when driving was dense! . started it up and not much smoke and off he goes.
Will get a report tommorow.
Moral being, dont let idiots play with things they know nothing about (so far £700ish for turbo + rebuild +fitting twice!)
Do we reckon its goosed or what?
Mike
Yes its a long post but Im bored waiting for a call and a bit of background history is always usefull