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compressor blades flaked apart...

Spyder

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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gifI replaced my turbo and took it for a little spin. Well it looks as though something got into the turbo and broke the leading edge of all the blades on the compressor off. I was under boost when it happened. Just the edge. The car runs still and there is no smoke.

Should I take the head off and check to be sure? Or is it possible the parts just blew clean through the engine and out the exhaust. I have a complete 3" with no cat so if it did get through the engine, it shouldn't get caught anywhere.

Ideas?

Thanks.
 

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I wouldn't bother taking the head off. If it made it through the compressor wheel and then through the turbine wheel, it's probably gone through. I would just do a compression test to make sure the engine is ok and start saving for a new turbo.
 

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Do you think the fragments got caught in the intercooler and/or sitting in the pipes (especially before the IC restriction) or if it made it past, even the intake manifold plenum? Sounds silly, but run a vaccum with appropriate attachment from different ends of the pipe(s), etc.; just be sure to (mostly) seal the opposing end, to create good sucking.
 
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It's quite likely any larger pieces will be caught in the intercooler, so i'd take it off and blow it outwith compressed air (from the cold side).
Other than that, a compression test and if it's all good, it's all good.
 

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Somehow the nut on my buddy's 14b compressor fell off, and was eaten by the compressor. We never found it. Engine was a-okay though. Go figure. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 

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Unless the metal is really small, I bet it is in the input side of the intercooler.

A compression test (as already posted) will confirm if the valve seats are OK.
 

Terry Posten

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Oh yeah, while you got it apart, check the throttlebody blade screws just to be safe. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
 

Spyder

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Yeah I heard about your mishap from my brother. I will check that. I believe the pieces were small. I still have the stock inter cooler and piping on the car so I will surely take it off and check it out first.

Thanks for the tips guys! You all rock.
 

Terry Posten

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If your still rockin the stock core, then the pieces are still before the cooler.
 
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