Interesting Find...

[V1 RDE 0]

The exhaust had been blowing on the car for a few weeks now, and I pretty much had it sussed as the manifold/turbo manifold gaskets. but after whipping the engine out this morning theres a huge crack running down the exhaust side of the turbo That would explain the horrible sound and lack in poke.

 

Can I just swap the exhaust housing from my old XU10JTE lump? Anything worth replacing while I'm at it?

 

Thanks

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

IIRC the thing with the turbo on an XU10j2TE is that the exhaust flange is built into the turbo housing and it is a weak spot on them, hence why it was designed as one cast piece and cost over £1000 new. Ig you can swop the internals into a spare housing then that will save a lot of money, however I am not sure whether this sould be rebalanced to save it shaking itself apart.

Oil seals where applicable would be a sensible thing to change too, however I am not sure how servicable the T25 is in this format.

[V1 RDE 0]

Took a few pics of todays progress:

 

Cracked exhaust housing

 

Turbo off spare engine. B*stard to get off!

 

Nice non-cracked exhaust housing

 

Will be getting all the relevant new gaskets tommorow, aswell as doing the cambelt/water pump while its out.

[Hilgie 16 2 Cars]

funny to see some previous owner used sealant between the turbo and manifold.

[Kev-G 1]

funny to see some previous owner used sealant between the turbo and manifold.

 

Funny ha ha or funny peculiar??

 

[tom_m 0]

funny peculiar? they're meant to have an asbestos ring as a gasket aren't they?

Edited April 18, 2006 by tom_m

[Hilgie 16 2 Cars]

they're not supposed to have anything between them