TLicense Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Originally posted by Ashley Willis Wouldnt the first lot have died in the same way, they went bang, although as Paul said oil seems to be moving ok, due to dumping nearly all its oil in under 20miles. Just a thought. (Just throwing this out there - not saying it is the case) If you had a blockage on the return from the turbo, it would happily dump the oil out the exhaust when the turbo finally went, yet there wouldn't be any flow before then. The only indicator would have been an increase in oil pressure before the blockage. Anyway like Dude said, best to check/replace them to be on the safe side for next time. Let us know how you get on. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Seems the T's have failed differently each time , a strip down may reveal why !!! dude:flame Dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Aw shucks mate - srry to hear about your misfortune(again) - things will surely get better for you soon. Just a quick point regarding them possibly being dropped whilst en route to you,if they have been sent by insured means this could be something you could get compensation from the delivery company,surely all it takes is a letter from an independant expert stating they are unbalanced due to knocks they have received in the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Is it usual for both turbo's to go? I would have thought if wear or natural aging was involved that two different components would "blow out" at different points because no machined parts will be identically matched. Also for it to happen twice on the same vehicle seems a tad strange! You seen Mulder an Scully knockin around anywhere??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Laing Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Originally posted by dude Paul , quite a reasonable question to ask , i started out in the trade as a mechanic , at various garages including a BMW specialist , when i started working for myself it was with a guy who was a panel beater specialising in write offs , this worked quite well as i stripped the damaged bits / pulled engines boxes etc and he did the bodywork , it was only natural that i picked up the bodywork side of things , when we lost our workshop i became an MOT tester , a small workshop attached to the test station came up for rent and i started to do a lot of trade bodywork , so much so i had to give up the MOT's and do it full time , then i bought a Supra and the rest is history , i allmost became exclusively a m.cycle painter at one time because i was heavilly into bikes , i actually much prefer tuning work to bodywork but its nice to be able to do both !!!! Dude:flame Dev Sounds good mate, has to be better and more fun than I.T, i'd love to work in a bodyshop fitting kits etc and taking pride in making cars look good, must be good to know how to do both! Nice one, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffvalenti Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Originally posted by Paul Laing Sounds good mate, has to be better and more fun than I.T, i'd love to work in a bodyshop fitting kits etc Paul Don't be so sure You'll only know for definite if you do it. I've done both (Motor trade and I.T.) and I know which I prefer to do to make a(n easy) living. IMHO working on cars is great if its a hobby (ie your own car) if you've got to do it day in, day out to make a living then its damn hard work. As always YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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