17-06-2021, 05:23 PM
Still hunting for a good turbo but notice a repair kit is available, it's a KKK 03 turbo.
A mate has a KKK 04 which uses the same repair kit. His turbo is buggered so we took it apart. Easy job. Not rubber lip seal in this turbo, rind seals used, a bit like piston rings, but, there is an o ring sealing the 2 alloy plates on the compressor side. It is possible that this o ring can deform and pass oil, as can the ring type seal pass oil.
Anyways car going back together to make it drivable.
Will prep for not and submit and take it from there. The plastic air pipe from turbo to manifold was well dirty inside but now clean.
The metal air pipe from the MAF to turbo seems impossible to remove with engine in, so cleaned as best as possible in situ....
A mate has a KKK 04 which uses the same repair kit. His turbo is buggered so we took it apart. Easy job. Not rubber lip seal in this turbo, rind seals used, a bit like piston rings, but, there is an o ring sealing the 2 alloy plates on the compressor side. It is possible that this o ring can deform and pass oil, as can the ring type seal pass oil.
Anyways car going back together to make it drivable.
Will prep for not and submit and take it from there. The plastic air pipe from turbo to manifold was well dirty inside but now clean.
The metal air pipe from the MAF to turbo seems impossible to remove with engine in, so cleaned as best as possible in situ....