Poured water in turbo!

[want_a_gsx]

Alright so I was porting the turbine housing of the 14b and my niece decided to have some fun with the turbo.

She poured water into the compressor housing to sum it up. All the oil feed and drain holes were sealed, so I'm pretty confident water didn't make its way in there.

I was wondering what you guys think about the future condition of the turbo. I am unsure if anything is damaged and if I should run the turbo on the rebuilt motor. I drained most of it and have the turbo in a certain position, so that all the water accumulates in one spot and drain the rest of that later. Thinking, maybe I should put the turbo in the over sometime and just let the water evaporate.

What do you guys think, should I run this turbo?

 

[MountainDew]

I'd imagine it would be fine. Think of all the junkyard turbos out there that seem to work fine, and they are exposed to water whenever it rains if the hood is open or something like that.

As long as all the water is out I imagine it'd be fine. I don't think there would be enough water to actually hurt the car, but I could be wrong.

 

[thekellbeast]

I'd say a healthy coating of WD-40 would do to trick, especially fogged into the compressor inlet/outlet. Then let it drain/dry.

 

[schoffs4]

You'll be fine dont worry about it drain and go

 

[telnut]

I do not believe that it should cause any trouble, housing aluminum, take low pressure air and blow out housing, but keep a hold of the turbine so it doesn't spin. When you put it back together charge oil feed line with oil so it doesn't start dry, I also recommend disabling ignition and allow engine to crank a few times before firing. This brings up oil pressure with little stress on internals and turbo bearings and seals.

Telnut

 

[want_a_gsx]

THANKS EVERYONE!

Would you guys recommend separating the center cartrige from the compressor housing and leting it dry that way?

The thing is, the turbo is being kept together by a clip thing. Not sure what tool is used to separate it...

 

[MrBoxx]

You'll need a very very very strong pair of snap ring (also called circlip) pliers. You can try a cheap set that come with different size tips, but the more expensive ones are generally better. Pinch the two ends of the snap ring together enough to slide it out of its groove. When you put it back in, remember that the beveled edge goes on the exposed, the flat edge goes on the center-section side. Also remember that if you take the compressor housing off, you should mark both the housing and the center section so you reassemble it in the same position.

 

[kenamond]

It sounds like the compressor and center section were still together when water got in it. If so, just make sure nothing got into the oil supply lines. Water in the compressor housing is not going to be a problem. Just let it dry out.

And when you're ready to start the car after putting the turbo back on, disable fuel and spark and crank the motor for 10-15 seconds, wait a minute, then repeat two more times (with the wait in between). This primes the center section, and the delay lets the starter cool down. When you finally do start the car, don't rev the motor until oil pressure builds (blipping the throttle will spin the turbo up to a fair clip). It is recommended that you do this any time you start the motor to prolong turbo life.

 

[missionx96x]

Alright so I was porting the turbine housing of the 14b and my niece decided to have some fun with the turbo.

She poured water into the compressor housing to sum it up. All the oil feed and drain holes were sealed, so I'm pretty confident water didn't make its way in there.

I was wondering what you guys think about the future condition of the turbo. I am unsure if anything is damaged and if I should run the turbo on the rebuilt motor. I drained most of it and have the turbo in a certain position, so that all the water accumulates in one spot and drain the rest of that later. Thinking, maybe I should put the turbo in the over sometime and just let the water evaporate.

What do you guys think, should I run this turbo?

hair dryer or air compressor with low psi should be fine. blow it out and make sure its all dried up before re-installing and youll be fine.

 

[polen]

take a compressor with a air nozzle and try to blow all the water out. After that is should be fine