My car is eating turbos!!!

[mitsubishimanic]

Ok so two months ago I snapped my stock turbos shaft in half. The exhaust turbine was just chillin in the o2 housing. Don't know what happens. Well I got a 16g and a tubular header two weeks ago off a friend cheap. It was great no play at all he had used it for a year before he wrecked his talon. Well I put it on mine and all was good. Well today I go out and start it and let it warm up and drive off every things normal. I have to give it a little to get out in to traffic and notice a weird noise then it goes away. Later I gave it a little boost and it's whining bad. I go straight home. Let it cool down and check for shaft play and it's bad. What could make a car eat up turbos.

 

[gho5tone]

Lack of oil?

 

[bryanwheat]

Sounds like you are having oil supply problems, or just a coincidence and 2 junk turbo's.

 

[turbojo]

Sounds like you are having oil supply problems, or just a coincidence and 2 junk turbo's.

x2 good luck

 

[CanadianTalonTC]

Do you use a real gasket on your oil drain or gasket maker? The gasket maker can squeeze in and block the drain or make it too narrow if you go that route.

Joel

 

[Tyeler18]

Was it a legit 16g or an ebay 16g?

 

[TrevorS]

Second an oil flow problem !

 

[jpmxrider489]

Sounds like a oil problem but ebay turbos wond get you far at all. If its ebay pull that crap off and buy a legit turbo. I hope you get this fixed. I never heard of this. Hopefuly justin comes in here soon.

 

[Bud92gsx]

Any pictures of said junk 16g? I just blew up an ebay 16g..It lasted a year, but only probbaly a thousand miles or so..

 

[mitsubishimanic]

I think it is an eBay it says evo 3 tdo5 16g on it. Dosnt a true 16g just have numbers on it. And I don't think I have any oil pressure because I started it today and the litters are tickin so loud. I pop my oil cap I don't see any oil in the head and kill it and now here I am. I'm going to get an oil pressure tester today. Any input sounds like a bad oil pump?

 

[4Lurker4]

Yeah, true MHI turbos have serial numbers on them like http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-turbo-system-intercooler/313105-16g-serial-numbers.html so you probably have ebay turbos. Real ones have a serial on one side of the compressor (the polished region) and TD05 on the opposite location of the compressor housing.

 

[mitsubishimanic]

Any one have any ideas for oil supply problems

 

[JusMX141]

I'll go all-in on some sort of oil contamination problem. You likely have an engine bearing or something else taking a shit, and as always the turbo is first to suffer.

 

[Sleeper1gfwd]

I would second the clogged return or lack of oil getting to turbo

 

[obsidian]

Oil problem/or junk ebay turbo. Get you a good turbo and then double/triple check your oiling issues. Remove the oil drain and ensure the is no blockage and then pull off the oil supply portion and check for blockage. If nothing found, assume bad turbo and go.

 

[lilbro717]

Did you prime the 16g?

 

[mitsubishimanic]

It's deffently an oil supply problem I'm getting very little oil if any to my head it ticking like crazy. I poped my oil cap off and I don't see any oil flowing. my gauge is reading norm on warm up and warm. Could my gauge be reading wrong. Could my oil pump be bad. What else could cause oil supply/pressure problems. Also what do mean prime my 16g?

 

[4Lurker4]

By priming I believe he is referring to getting oil in it before doing an engine start. For a 2g we take out the fuse "moteur" (engine) so that the car doesn't start and crank it 2-3 times so that oil get pressurized into the turbo to avoid doing a dry turbo start.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/newbie-forum/271826-how-prime-turbo.html

 

[mitsubishimanic]

Ok thanks well that wouldn't cause the problem I'm having I take it. But thanks I'll keep that in mind next time. Jusmx141 any tips on where to start diging

 

[brian9397gsx]

Oil pressure is very low at the head anyways, what kind of oil filter do you have and how old is it? Ive seen a certain manufacturer's (cheap ones and orange ones) filter material break down and clogging oil passages. just something to check and its easy to take a filter apart to check.

 

[mitsubishimanic]

k well i got my oil pressure gauge working again and its reading inbetween normal and the bottom line so at least i know i have oil pressure some what. so now ill check for blockage any other suggestions of causes and where to start looking.

 

[Steve91]

How much boost are you running?

 

[mitsubishimanic]

stock 10

ok so i did a lil diggin today took off my return line it wasnt collapsed or cloged. drained the oil and took the oil filter off couldnt see any thing abnormal but the oil had a lil metal in it. when i put the oil in the milk jug the lil bit of oil still in the drain pan had what i would describe as metal glitter. it was just a tiny amount. also i started a few days ago on a warm day see if it helped the tickin it didnt also i noticed i weird whirring or whine when i reved it .

 

[mitsubishimanic]

please any tips on things to check or where to start . it would be awesome im still preety new to dsms

 

[JusMX141]

Something's obviously failing if you're finding metal in the oil. Sorry, we're not able to aid you in tracking down major internal engine damage over the internet. Time to put on the big boy pants- drop the pan, start checking bearings; replace anything that is out of spec. Change the oil again once you're finished and hope for the best.