4thStroke
Well-known member
Weird thing happened today. I drove the car easier than normal, took a friend for a quick ride, headed home and let it see some boost a few times... 37ish psi (spike). Thats how Ive been running it the whole time. Got to a friends house and shut it down for 30 minutes or so. I did let it idle for a while before shutting it down.
On the drive home, I gave it some gas and there was no boost at all. Got home, checked things out, made sure the wastegate wasnt stuck open, ect. Pull the intake and try to spin the blades with my fingers, nothing! Its seems to be seized up.
There are about 1300 miles on the turbo. Still clean, the blades on the cold side were not chipped up (thank goodness).
I didnt hear anything abnormal, oil level is normal, car didnt overheat, nothing at all out of the ordinary.
Did I kill a brand new MHI Evo3 16G in record time?
I wasnt expecting it to last me years with a pulled wastegate, but seriously, 1300 miles?
On the drive home, I gave it some gas and there was no boost at all. Got home, checked things out, made sure the wastegate wasnt stuck open, ect. Pull the intake and try to spin the blades with my fingers, nothing! Its seems to be seized up.
There are about 1300 miles on the turbo. Still clean, the blades on the cold side were not chipped up (thank goodness).
I didnt hear anything abnormal, oil level is normal, car didnt overheat, nothing at all out of the ordinary.
Did I kill a brand new MHI Evo3 16G in record time?
I wasnt expecting it to last me years with a pulled wastegate, but seriously, 1300 miles?