pmanaresi
15+ Year Contributor
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- Oct 10, 2006
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West Creek,
New_Jersey
I had a replica 20g on my 2g 6bolt for about 6 months with no problems. about 2 months ago i started it up and it was dumping smoke out the tailpipe. oil was also spewing from all my exhaust gaskets and out the compressor too. the turbo had some bad shaft play so i decided to rebuild it with an mhi 20g rebuild kit from FP. after the rebuild there was virtually no shaft play but after install i still had the same problem. from there i decided stop messing around and to get a new turbo - the sbr g50. i got the turbo a few days ago (after a month of waiting) installed it and it still smokes, but not nearly as much. my oil pressure guage (factory) reads normal and i am feeding off the oil filter housing with a 10an pushlock drain tube. i have been reading some threads about oiling issues with these turbos but i dont see why it would be smoking from the start on a brand new turbo. i ordered an oil pressure guage and a feed line to run from the head, but i am not sure this is going to help. in the mean time i am looking for any ideas on what i could try - thanks in advance for the help