GT2052S project thread number three

[306Puggy]

Okay, back to business. First, let me say, working on this thing is hard. Before I can even access anything I have to get the car into this state:



I.e., jacked up with jack stands each side, engine off mounts and tilted fully forwards.

I have turned the wastegate arm in by about a turn and a half and struggled to get it back into the bracket. The wastegate is definitely shut now, there is no play in it when I push the lever:





As you can see it is fully in the closed position.

The petrol gubbins that I sealed up with a bolt and chemical metal are still holding nicely:



I did find some oil dripping out of the compressor inlet however:



Now I have read that oil coming out of the compressor outlet is bad news, as well as out of the exhaust housing, but nothing about it coming out of the compressor inlet.

I also completely removed the intake ducting in case that was causing a restriction.

I am going somewhere tonight so will have a chance to test it but I really don't know where to go from here if it still does not make boost, I will probably just say "f*ck it" buy a cheap TD04 like everyone else and write the 800 quid or so I have spent on this off as a loss, because I can't stand the thought of going back to standard.

Hmm, thought I posted this before I went out. Looks like I didn't. Oh well. Anyway I went out tonight and there was no improvement, in fact I think it felt worse.

I got to a straight section of road and absolutely floored it in 3rd gear and hit about 4psi, amid a cloud of smoke.

It's as though all the exhaust gases are just not getting to the exhaust turbine to spin it properly. The turbo always seems to sound like it has a low "idle" so to speak.

The wastegate is definitely shut and there are no signs of exhaust gas leaks around the adapter plate at all.

Any other ideas before I start looking for a TD04?