The waste gate is mounted to the turbo, look for a cyclinder looking thing about 1/2 as tall as a soda can, with a arm coming out the bottom of it going to the hotside of the turbo.You can see the wastegate in that picture
well it could of just been a fluke, the 1st one could of been showing its age when you put it on, then using a ebay one, they can last a day to a month you never know.as far as the 20g wheel, yes it will go on the center cartridge but you need a td06 housing
and you need to put the 2g tps on the 1g throttle body and make sure you position it correctly. The Swap its extremely simple, make sure you put the 2g motor out on the drivers side and do as the tutorial says, 2g motor mount, 1g timing belt tensioner, 1g timing belt tensioner arm.
I believe your problem is valve stem seals, and yes you can replace them without removing the head, but you will need valve spring compressors, they make them so you can do the job without removing the head.
Make sure there isnt any oil or grease on the pullys. Sometimes oil gets on the pully and allows the belt to sweak a little. I know this is a very annoying problem, im still looking for a power stearing pump, mine has a sweak to it cause the bearings are going out. Did you happen to check and...
Don't try to bend corners to save money on the build, take your time and research everything. I do have several heads if you need one. make sure the crank is ok as well, look for scaring on the side of the lobes, if it is scared go ahead and replace it as well. Make sure to replace all the...
ok thanks for all the seggestions, I replaced the the o ring behind the balance shaft and the seal. just got done, and it is still leaking, drips as the motor is running.
can someone please tell me where this o-ring is, I took the cover off and its not leaking at the crank nor oil pump, nor cams, what does that leave? I did notice that one of the bolts that holds the motor mount on "on that side" is loose so I need to tighten that.
So I changed my timing belt and front seal today, timing belt was soaked in oil, and when I shut the car off oil would poor from between the timing belt and the oil pan couldn't tell where it was coming from, well put the nwe front seal in, and new timing belt on and oil leak is still there but...