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You are absolutely right.. System would not hold pressure at all started at 5 psi went to 15 it all leaked out very quickly somewhere in the area of the throttle body. I got a throttle body rebuild kit, but judging by what others are saying that's usually a small leak. This sounds like a hole in it or something, yet I still can't pinpoint the exact area where it's coming from.
Thanks ill be sure to try that after I get a new turbo and put it on. By the way anyone know where I can get a new big 16g? I have been searching everywhere and all I can come up with is Chinese versions. Not sure if I am keeping the car or not yet, so don't want to slap some Chinese pos on it.
If i wanted to totally screw the next guy i would put a Chinese 16g on it. I'm looking for the actual mhi 16g. And im not 100% on getting rid of it, sometimes i just speak out of anger.
Really i don't think the turbo is as bad as what i made it out to be. I was able to fix the wastegate issue, and it has slight movement in and out... but its off the car.. Do i really want to put it back on? I'm not sure yet, but no matter the circumstances I'm not going to drive the car until all boost leaks are fixed.
Yeah I considered a used one but I could have sworn someone sold new 16g's somewhere in the 500-600 dollar range... But I had my endplay measured tonight, 12thousandths not sure what its supposed to be, but that's where I stand right now.
Yeah I am rebuilding the 16g for sure. My ultimate plan is an HX35, but that's after an engine build, for now just want a quick car to play with. I have a rebuild kit from GPOP shop so we'll see how it goes.
I don't think my headgasket blew... When I removed the turbo I obviously drained the oil and coolant and they weren't mixed. Guess it still could be blown between two cylinders, but doubtful in my opinion, because I think even though it might have been overboosting, its my personal belief that whatever the major leak at the throttle body is actually saved the engine from getting too much boost. Gotta do a compression and leak down test to be sure, but obviously need to get the turbo taken care of first.
When I unbolt the wastegate actuator I can move it to make the flapper open and close, I have not hooked up my air compressor to it yet though to make sure the actuator is good. I don't have zero boost though, according to my boost guage, but when I do a boost leak test the system will not hold pressure, it leaks off quickly in the throttle body area.
Yeah I already ordered a rebuild kit for it and the idle screw, so hopefully that takes care of that, like you said though I expect to find other small ones. I haven't used soapy water yet, but that's next after the turbo goes back on. Also I heard you can have a boost leak from your injector seals, that's not good because I broke a bolt off that holds the fuel rail down, so im going to have to try to extract it, but it didn't seem to be leaking during the first test.
