Recent content by sathu

When I look inside the turbo b4 I put in on the car, this is when I just got it back, the bearing is lubed with I think is white lithium grease, does that do anything to the turbo initial burn?

I went out this morning, remove the filter between the oil inlet of the turbo and have the line straight again. The smoke is still there but very little now instead of a clearly good amount coming out like yesterday. However when I rev the engine, smoke come out..... I even open up the spark...

Turbo has no shaft play since it was just rebuilt like 5 days ago. And I have a filter on the inlet not, can't really put a filter on the oil return on the turbo. Basically what I did was cut the metal oil inlet to the turbo and connect them to a hose and have a fuel filter connected to the...

The turbo has just been put in when I got the gasket from toyota. The one thing we did to the turbo oil inlet is that we decided to add a fuel filter, the clear one where u can see that oil in in the filter to see that there is oil in the return which is then feed into the turbo oil inlet. This...

I had just rebuilt the engine and it's been giving me trouble lately. Had smoke on decel so I got the turbo rebuilt and while at it also install the SAFCII and VPC to by pass the AFM. Got the turbo back, put it together and fire it up and it was black smoke since we didn't do the setting right...

I just had my turbo oil seal redone since it was smoking on decel and after boost on freeway and I want to make sure this turbo last longer than two months so I seen a lots of posts on restrictor to reduce oil pressure to make it last longer on the seals. So the question is, how do you install...

Tha's a nice setup you got. I guess I should get at least one of the -6AN adapter for the original FPR location so I can run a line to the new external FPR I got then. Do you have to also replace the fuel input line or did you do it because you wanted too? I got this universial FPRS with a...

I bought an external FPR a year ago and now I am working on my engine and I wanna put on the FPR to get higher fuel pressure. How do you guy do it? Do you remove the built in FPR and install a barb fitting, if so what is the side thread that you used? I took the FPR off and went to home depot...

I use ARP Stud and the nut used to hold down the head fit almost just right for the hole. The 14 socket I use just make it in but it would be wise to lube with oil for easier drop in and removing it once u torque it. I almost panicked when I first drop it in as I had some difficulty putting in...

Ok I have the smoke on decel after boosting issues and it's not the turbo b/c i replaced the turbo when this first happened, also rebuilt engine and just put it back. My friend who work at Toyota as a mechanic suggested that it could be my powersteering or break that is leaking oil either into...

so how much will it cost you to recharge the ac system at a dealer or a shop instead of a dyi where u can potential screw urself in the nut?:icon_evil My bro discharged the AC when we removed the engine and now it's gona have to be recharge or I'll be roasted in the summer time here in CA.

just line up the mark up top with the back plate, although it's tricky sometime to get the two thing to line up and the belt on. If u still have problem with timing after u do the 2 full rotation check u might wanna check ur CPS, that's what happened to me when it advance to like 35 instead of...

So I did a rebuilt and all, new piston and new pistons rings and oil seals for the valves. I had some trouble firing it up and it's now fix and I keep running into problems. My timing belt is align correct and all but I am still running at 30 advance instead of 10 on TDC. That's not really a big...

You can leave the cams in if ur replacing the oil seal in the front. Just coat it with some oil for easy slide and u can light tap it in with a rubber mallter or use a pvc pipe that has roughtly the correct diameter and tap it in with the mallter gently. That's how i put mine in when I replaced...

Well the Lexus one I have didn't come with the honeycomb probably why it's cheap and I do have a fat ass screw that I can adjust for more airflow. Any advantages of running w/ the honeycomb ?