so i know i needed a new turbo my old ct26 had tons of shaft play. I am a college student so i figured i could just go with a 57 trim for now.
Before the install:
Lots of shaft play, only a couple pounds of boost 3-4 (due to bad turbo, no leaks) ran fine, no issues and no codes that i was aware of. So one day it starts to smoke and bad. This was mostly during deceleration (don't know why) and sometimes when i was coming to a stop and downshifting to brake a some.
After install:
I got a hold of a rebuild ct26 that had been upgraded to the 57 trim. I installed the turbo with the help of a friend on the forums boosthpy. It was not to bad of an install, just the going back in that was hard :icon_bigg Ok so we finish with the install. Prime the turbo by pulling the efi fuse and cranking it until there was oil pressure (as informed to do on the forum i think). I finally pull the car out of the garage and start on the journey to let it warm up, once operating temperatures are reached it was time for our hard work to pay off. I put it into 2nd and take off. But to the surprise of me and passenger there was no boost. I try a few more pulls and nothing. We can hear the turbo sounding like it is going to spool and then nothing. We take it back to his house and pop the hood. No smoke, burning or overheating. We decide to call it a night. We figure ok it needs to be broken in. So i drive it home in the morning on the freeway. I only live 45 minutes away and here the freeway is 75 mph. So i am going about 75-80 mph on the way home. I try to do a few pulls to see what happens. I dont feel any boost, but the gauge moves from -4 to about -2 never any farther.
Today:
i get off work and pull the intercooler pipes, afm, and other parts to get a good look at the turbo (after a nice cool down). Nothing seems to be out of place or broken. The intercooler pipe that comes off the turbo was in good condition when we replaced the turbo. I checked all the other piping for cracks or holes and found nothing (stock except for upper hard pipe and aftermarket no name bov). I pulled the codes when i got home from work and there were no codes. The CEL just continually blinked no stopping or anything. A weird thing is the bov is still working. It will blow off when i am in park/neutral and sometimes i can barely hear it if i go in first. So what would make me not build any boost?
Cliff notes:
Turbo not boosting. Pulled codes and nothing. Checked for boost leaks by hand and visual check.
Before the install:
Lots of shaft play, only a couple pounds of boost 3-4 (due to bad turbo, no leaks) ran fine, no issues and no codes that i was aware of. So one day it starts to smoke and bad. This was mostly during deceleration (don't know why) and sometimes when i was coming to a stop and downshifting to brake a some.
After install:
I got a hold of a rebuild ct26 that had been upgraded to the 57 trim. I installed the turbo with the help of a friend on the forums boosthpy. It was not to bad of an install, just the going back in that was hard :icon_bigg Ok so we finish with the install. Prime the turbo by pulling the efi fuse and cranking it until there was oil pressure (as informed to do on the forum i think). I finally pull the car out of the garage and start on the journey to let it warm up, once operating temperatures are reached it was time for our hard work to pay off. I put it into 2nd and take off. But to the surprise of me and passenger there was no boost. I try a few more pulls and nothing. We can hear the turbo sounding like it is going to spool and then nothing. We take it back to his house and pop the hood. No smoke, burning or overheating. We decide to call it a night. We figure ok it needs to be broken in. So i drive it home in the morning on the freeway. I only live 45 minutes away and here the freeway is 75 mph. So i am going about 75-80 mph on the way home. I try to do a few pulls to see what happens. I dont feel any boost, but the gauge moves from -4 to about -2 never any farther.
Today:
i get off work and pull the intercooler pipes, afm, and other parts to get a good look at the turbo (after a nice cool down). Nothing seems to be out of place or broken. The intercooler pipe that comes off the turbo was in good condition when we replaced the turbo. I checked all the other piping for cracks or holes and found nothing (stock except for upper hard pipe and aftermarket no name bov). I pulled the codes when i got home from work and there were no codes. The CEL just continually blinked no stopping or anything. A weird thing is the bov is still working. It will blow off when i am in park/neutral and sometimes i can barely hear it if i go in first. So what would make me not build any boost?
Cliff notes:
Turbo not boosting. Pulled codes and nothing. Checked for boost leaks by hand and visual check.
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