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Condensation in compressor housing

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CiscoBite1Time

20+ Year Contributor
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Jun 26, 2002
milwaukee, Wisconsin
This past weekend I've been trying to track down boost leaks after boost leaks. Looks like you fix one major one and another one pops up. The last big one I found was coming from my turbonetics compressor housing. I was pushing roughly 21-22 psi and that thing was leaking bad. Even at about 10 psi it was leaking already.

So I did some searching on here and it seems it's been seen and addressed by other members before. I took my turbo setup off to apply RTV to the compressor housing to stop the leak. As i took the bolts off the back of the housing and back plate i started seeing water dripping from the housing. Once I got it completely off there was traces of water everywhere. I wiped everything down and let it sit for a while to let things dry up before finishing what I started to do.

My turbo is only oil cooled. It's not my DD. It sits more than it gets driven and is started periodically. Am I looking at bad seals? Possibly needing a rebuild? I've had this turbo for about 8 years on the car now. This turbo is not as responsive as I'm lead to believe but that's another thread with more time with ECMLINK. A big part of me is also looking for an excuse to get a NEW-er turbo setup.
 
Check your water/meth spray nozzles. Perhaps you have a check valve stuck open.

Another possibility is that you left it in an unheated garage, and the temperature recently increased from subfreezing to somewhat warm and humid. I put my car away wet and cold a few weeks ago, and when I pulled it out a week later on a 60 degree day and opened the hood, it everything was as wet as if I had just hosed it down.
 
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