14B calling it quits on me?

[Spookcorleone]

Well it does have 130K hard miles on it - and I noticed lately that when I am engine braking (coming to a light in 3rd, rolling to a stop-sign in 2nd, so forth...) that I hear what sounds to be like the fins sliding against the turbo housing... When I press the gas, the second I press the gas, the sound goes away, and when I release the gas, it only starts after the turbo it finished being put under pressure / spooled down...

It my turbo dying?

Also I just recently installed a downpipe on it and today I saw that the gasket between the downpipe and the o2 housing was ... well "blown" out... some crappy gasket they sent with the downpipe figured it wouldn't work. Anyways, replaced it and going to see if it makes the sound still - just wanted addition input on my problem...

Thanks.

 

[killakev805]

Well it does have 130K hard miles on it - and I noticed lately that when I am engine braking (coming to a light in 3rd, rolling to a stop-sign in 2nd, so forth...) that I hear what sounds to be like the fins sliding against the turbo housing... When I press the gas, the second I press the gas, the sound goes away, and when I release the gas, it only starts after the turbo it finished being put under pressure / spooled down...

It my turbo dying?

Also I just recently installed a downpipe on it and today I saw that the gasket between the downpipe and the o2 housing was ... well "blown" out... some crappy gasket they sent with the downpipe figured it wouldn't work. Anyways, replaced it and going to see if it makes the sound still - just wanted addition input on my problem...

Thanks.

Pull your intake hose of and look at the compressor wheel, if it is hitting the housing there should be some signs of it. For example the blades will be chewed up or broken. In my experiences the one time my 14b compressor wheel hit the housing it spun the nut off , and chewed up the wheel really bad.

 

[ddavisaf]

AWD or FWD? Sure it's coming from the engine? You can check for shaft play in the turbo easier than we can tell whether or not it's bad. Are you boosting to normal levels?

 

[Spookcorleone]

Boosting 13 PSI, have a 3" exhaust, turbo spools fine - no play already checked it. seems to be working fine, just once it gets warmed up it starts to make the sound. It started to decrease since I've replaced the gasket on the downpipe either way...

Also I've got a lovely sound coming from my rear right brake - when I am stopping and at low speeds it sounds like the rotor is warped / the brake is scraping something...

I got plenty of pad left, I already checked the problem and it 'went away' for afew weeks...

Sounds like some spots on it are ruff while other parts are smooth while braking...

Oh yeah - FWD.

 

[ddavisaf]

Make sure your caliper is bolted on tight. Your rotor could be warped.