Blown pte 6262 jb

[AWD_Boosted4g63]

Hey fellas I woke up this wonderful Christmas Eve morning and fire up the 98 gsx and after a bit of idling I hear this god awful scraping noise coming from my turbo...took off the intake and sure as heck there's about a 1/8"-1/4" of shaft play both laterally and in and out...needless to say the turbo is screwed:/ well I need some options here. I have a build block all forged .020 over and a 1mm oversized head, and 272/272 cams, as for fuel I have a single 255 and 1000cc injectors...what would be a good/ semi cheap turbo that would match up well with my fuel and build? Thanks

I was looking at the HX35-40 but I was shooting for tens before and I want to keep that goal

 

[JusMX141]

HX40 or S362 come to mind. What turbine housing were you using- T3 or T4?

 

[foxracing4500]

so its still true PTE makes crap turbo's? I should have clenched on to my HX35 :-/

 

[ChiTownHussla]

they are not rebuildable?

 

[bastarddsm]

They are, but then the wheels touch housing, it generally junks the wheels and the housings, leaving you with basically no good parts left.

 

[boost97gst]

How many miles on it? What oil you currently running? Whaty boost normally? Any pertinent information related to the turbo failure would be nice.

 

[dexterholland04]

HX-40 in a BEP T3 housing will go 10's no problem. It's gone 9's too!

 

[JusMX141]

so its still true PTE makes crap turbo's?

Uh, yah.

they are not rebuildable?

With enough play for the wheel to hit the housing....both wheels are now junk along with all the internals, the seal plate and possibly the center housing as well. Good luck buying a billet HP62 compressor wheel from anyone but PTE...and they don't sell parts to the public.

The only way you could get back on track with that turbo at this point is to buy a new CHRA and whatever ridiculous price it would cost, and then you're stuck with another turbo identical to the one you just had which will be on borrowed time from the moment you start your car for the first time.

Best to start new with a clean slate.

 

[duckie1098]

For awhile I wanted to pick up a pte 6262, but with enough research on this forum I think I'll just stick to the holset turbos.

 

[boost97gst]

For awhile I wanted to pick up a pte 6262, but with enough research on this forum I think I'll just stick to the holset turbos.

I hear that. I had been looking at the BB 6466 iirc but with the last 2 posts on pte failures im steering clear. I could get an entire hx40 t3 setup for less than the cost of the pte turbo alone. And the hx40 is serviceable. If i would have known PTE sell turbos that essentially can only be serviced by them, i would have never bought the one i have now. I don tlike any company that operates like that.
Still would like to hear how many miles it had on it just so i can start my "clock" haha

 

[AWD_Boosted4g63]

yeah... i will never go Precision ever again oh well i guess... clean slate looking for an HX40 with the bolt on housing...that way i wont have to change up my manifold and WG setups as well???? any ideas

 

[phunny]

yeah... i will never go Precision ever again oh well i guess... clean slate looking for an HX40 with the bolt on housing...that way i wont have to change up my manifold and WG setups as well???? any ideas

Give us the details on the turbo

 

[agentorange313]

I hear that. I had been looking at the BB 6466 iirc but with the last 2 posts on pte failures im steering clear. I could get an entire hx40 t3 setup for less than the cost of the pte turbo alone. And the hx40 is serviceable. If i would have known PTE sell turbos that essentially can only be serviced by them, i would have never bought the one i have now. I don tlike any company that operates like that.
Still would like to hear how many miles it had on it just so i can start my "clock" haha

I think the failure are in the Journal Bearing turbos by PTE. The hardware in JB PTE turbos are just not designed to handle the thrust loads. The Ball Bearing turbos are another story.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/tur...rbo-reliability-discussion.html#post152433163

I have no dog in this race, never used a PTE turbo, but this is just knowledge for all BB turbos.

 

[YoYo_4G63]

Everyone should see this link

Beware Before You Buy

 

[clipto]

I love the 62\62 sorry yours got messed up but otherwise its been a great turbo for me.

 

[1997_GSX]

I had a JB 6262, lasted 2000 miles with good VR1 20w50 in the summer time. Made good power at 39 psi however.


The ball bearing units are a lot better quality.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

I have heard nothing but bad things about PTE. Even when i called them to ask them feed and drain questions, even though i already knew the answers. They gave me the wrong info and told me to feed from the ofh, well i fed from the head with a .030 restrictor and had no issues. I only didn't follow their advice because my 6152R was used and did not have a warranty. If you have a pte turbo and it's under warranty, you have no choice but to listen and take PTE's stupidity so if and when it does blow, you get a free replacement. (if they dont make excuses and play the blame game). Their staff know virtually nothing about their own products.

I sold my dbb scm6152 because i was paranoid from all the bad reviews. The bb units are alot better quality and i did not have a single issue with the 6152R, however i did make the switch to the dark side! (Hx40) and i love this turbo so much more.