MJLamberson Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 how hard should it be to move the actual waste gate by hand (from the outside, you know, were the rod connects)? should it be easy to do or hard... I have to beat mine to get it to move, Im not sure if thats a good thing or not, just checking. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 MJ, it should be really easy to move. In fact, there should be almost no resistance. An easy check is to unbolt the (five ?) bolts that hold the internal wastegate housing to the turbine housing. Fair warning about maybe having to replace the gasket (if there is one) though... It could be full of carbon or coke if it had an oil bearing failure. How easy is it to spin the impeller / turbine wheel? Is there a lot of play in the axial direction? HTH... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLamberson Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 the turbine wheel spins great and there is almost no shaft play. I took off the internal wastegate and it looks like the only thing resisting the movement is rust, its soaking in PB blaster now, I was banging it back and forward for a while and that freed it up a bunch but its still hard to move at the far ends of its movment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLamberson Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 :(the part I need to move the most doesnt want to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Atleast the turbine moves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLamberson Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 Atleast the turbine moves. doesnt do me any good if I get no boost or 15 pounds of boost, A, Im still slow, B, I blow up my engine... is there some place that sells that wastegate part of the turbo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 With no boost youd be ALOT slower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLamberson Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 k, well I fixed it... all it took was a few good blows with the hammer from the inside pushing it up... if you get what I mean, so yeah, Im happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpetRhapsody Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Congrats! Edit: oooh post #260... like my car... giggle God I'm bored. This class suuuucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLamberson Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 Congrats! Edit: oooh post #260... like my car... giggle God I'm bored. This class suuuucks. it cant be to bad if you can chill on hybridz:biggrin: Edit: post #407, a HP number I wont be at for a loooong time... now your #260 that I might be able to pull off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kash Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Should take about seven pounds of force by hand to move it, if it is a stock wastegate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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