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D1 WTF

April 07, 2007, 03:48:51 PM
anyone would think i like running cars in or something, aint as if i have much choice.  

my engine has just thrown a tip again, yippee:3Confused :3Confused.  not the fuel pump this time though.  think it is the turbo.

was having problems with turbo, think the oil seal had gone.  was going up to pips on tuesday to get turbo rebuilt.  but then this morning the engine decided to go pop.  so now there are 2 things to rebuild :confused: :confused:

when i checked the shaft play a few days ago and it was next to nothing and now there is rather a lot, so i think it has done something funny and thrown something into the housing.  

ow well will know more when the block comes apart.
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Martiny

#1
April 07, 2007, 03:52:33 PM
Oh dear, know the feeling... I think I have water seal failure. Just checking the parts list from Newera, £1.5 k :-(

Jit

#2
April 07, 2007, 04:06:21 PM
dude, your really not having much luck :(
Sorry to hear that man....how dyou know its knackred? or is it obvious lol?

D1 WTF

#3
April 07, 2007, 04:14:07 PM
Quote from: one2watchdude, your really not having much luck :(
Sorry to hear that man....how dyou know its knackred? or is it obvious lol?

what the engine or turbo?  engine because it has blatantly gone!!! running on one rotor, and hugely lumpy where it is running off balance.   same as last time.

turbo, because of the blue smoke i was getting on start up.  and now the excessive shaft play.
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Jit

#4
April 07, 2007, 04:15:41 PM
:( youve not had much luck with that car :(
Is pip covering it I assume?

D1 WTF

#5
April 07, 2007, 04:19:12 PM
his turbo supplier will be i am hoping
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D1 WTF

#6
April 07, 2007, 04:21:46 PM
oh for those that dont know this will be my 3rd engine within 7000 miles.  and about 3 months
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oddball

#7
April 07, 2007, 05:12:05 PM
I thought I was having bad luck with 2 in a year but 3 in 3mths beond belief.
oddball

Ricco_04

#8
April 08, 2007, 10:47:32 AM
Quote from: D1 WTFoh for those that dont know this will be my 3rd engine within 7000 miles.  and about 3 months

Scary - 3 in 7k miles.  Hope your luck changes soon :yes

mullins

#9
April 08, 2007, 05:13:15 PM
Quote from: D1 WTFoh for those that dont know this will be my 3rd engine within 7000 miles.  and about 3 months

Something very very wrong there!!! :2eek :2eek
Who does your engines?!

Carl

#10
April 08, 2007, 05:58:17 PM
Quote from: D1 WTFanyone would think i like running cars in or something, aint as if i have much choice.  

my engine has just thrown a tip again, yippee:3Confused :3Confused.  not the fuel pump this time though.  think it is the turbo.

was having problems with turbo, think the oil seal had gone.  was going up to pips on tuesday to get turbo rebuilt.  but then this morning the engine decided to go pop.  so now there are 2 things to rebuild :confused: :confused:

when i checked the shaft play a few days ago and it was next to nothing and now there is rather a lot, so i think it has done something funny and thrown something into the housing.  



More likely that the engine failure would have damaged the turbo when parts went through the turbine from the engine.
Regards
Carl

strange_days_uk

#11
April 08, 2007, 07:52:29 PM
Sam,

Really sorry to hear about this further complication.  Mate, a good excuse to get some serious porting though, half bridge ??

TonyC

#12
April 08, 2007, 09:23:38 PM
Out of interest, when anyone suffers an engine failure, and ithas caused damage to the housings, turbos, etc - so there is swarf in the oil - what do you do with the oil coolers?
Do you flush or replace? I learnt long ago that the best thing to do when you suffer a failure like this is to replace the coolers. You can get a lot of debris in the oil. Flushing may work, or it may not.

It might be a reason why people suffer further engine failures in such a short time after replacing a unit? Especially if you keep the same oil coolers/don\'t flush them.
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#13
April 08, 2007, 10:10:41 PM
I\'m sure an expert will clarify this but i think that when a seal goes, its within the compustion chambers and out the exhaust port and through the turbo, hence damaging the blades.  There isnt much in the front (compressor side) of the turbo to go through the engine, if the little nuts holding the comp wheels are on there and the blades are intact it is unlikely to have gone through especially as it has to squeeze through the intercooler aswell.

Hope you get it sorted, does sound like bad luck
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#14
April 09, 2007, 01:18:57 AM
Sam you should concider using my PTS seals
http://www.rotaryart.uk.com/acatalog/Performance_Tested_Apex_Seals.html
http://www.rotaryart.uk.com/acatalog/Performance_Tested_Seals.html
They would have saved your turbo and any damage caused to housings.
Sorry to hear about your bad luck.
All the engine rebuilds Ive had have never had the coolers replaced, or flushed for that matter.
Good point though
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