I have a ct26 that was completely rebuilt, no expense spared the only parts reused were the exhaust and compressor housings.
this was in 2010 iirc, shortly after the rebuild my car came down with a BHG and it sat for a good while before it was drivable again.
fast forward about 500 miles and i started to nice a lot of oil smoke at idle and under acceleration. not wanting to inflict anymore damage than what was already done i sent to car to a friends shop for body work( which took a year ) the car was started every now and then just to keep the juices flowing but that was it. since i waited too long to address the issue the turbo is no longer under warranty and the shop wants $450 to fix it. at this point im a little frustrated, the paint hasn't even come off the exhaust housing yet. zero shaft play other than for oil clearances.
one part of me wants to just go with a new turbo setup, Holset perhaps. but then im looking at a lot of extra money replacing my down pipe,charge pipe, manifold ect. all the parts that i have already purchased once and would rather not replace.
on the other hand i damn sure dont want to give this ass hat another 450 bucks to replace parts that are still good
(he said all the bearings thrust washers ect would be new) I don't mean to sound cheap and i know corners do not need to be cut on parts such as the turbo. Can I order and replace the parts to fix it without have it rebalanced?
this was in 2010 iirc, shortly after the rebuild my car came down with a BHG and it sat for a good while before it was drivable again.
fast forward about 500 miles and i started to nice a lot of oil smoke at idle and under acceleration. not wanting to inflict anymore damage than what was already done i sent to car to a friends shop for body work( which took a year ) the car was started every now and then just to keep the juices flowing but that was it. since i waited too long to address the issue the turbo is no longer under warranty and the shop wants $450 to fix it. at this point im a little frustrated, the paint hasn't even come off the exhaust housing yet. zero shaft play other than for oil clearances.
one part of me wants to just go with a new turbo setup, Holset perhaps. but then im looking at a lot of extra money replacing my down pipe,charge pipe, manifold ect. all the parts that i have already purchased once and would rather not replace.
on the other hand i damn sure dont want to give this ass hat another 450 bucks to replace parts that are still good
(he said all the bearings thrust washers ect would be new) I don't mean to sound cheap and i know corners do not need to be cut on parts such as the turbo. Can I order and replace the parts to fix it without have it rebalanced?
