Where can all the bits of the turbo be?

[christyRS]

well the turbo in my car is in bits.

have the turbo out, all the intercooler pipes, the intercooler all washed out.

dropped the sump and the oil pump gauze all cleaned out but all the bits of the turbo havent been accounted for.

dont want to put all back together yet because the new turbo will be toast if a piece sucks into it from somewhere.

anyone any ideas where to look now or what to do.

any help will be much appreciated

[devonutopia]

They go down the exhaust, i.e in the direction of flow. Probably find most of it is lodged in your cat (if you have one)

When my turbo went on the Ring, the hot side wheel went right down my exhaust, out the tailpipe and on to the grass at the side of the circuit. I never found it

[christyRS]

ah but she blew to bits on the inlet side.

there is a cat on it but nothing there (wont be there for long)

found some in the intercooler but only a small amount.

[Holmesie]

inlet side bits can end up in combustion chamber although they normally clog in the intercooler

exhaust side end up in cat or out the tail pipe if using a decat

[TeflonTom]

large pieces are unlikely to pass through the intercooler tbh due to the size of the piping ued in the core.. On tiny little pieces would pass through it

[christyRS]

i need to get them before the new unit goes in and run in.

cost to much to not to do it perfect

[VRSFERGO]

At the rate of knots the bits go through there will be lodged in the cooler. Just make sure you wash all your pipe work through and blow it out and it should be fine...... My bros is on its 3rd turbo and his is fine. 1 thing to check though is the first rubber 90 of the turbo as the fins slit by bros one up and as soon as it came on boost it blew a hole in it.

[christyRS]

ah not so bad.

have all washed and blown out and ready to be put back together.

new turbo sitting on the bench aswel. upgraded OE turbo i was told

[jkevs]

Everywhere lol, had very bad luck with my car recently where I went through 4 turbos including original, the 3 that were replaced all got smashed bye to debris. All down to not being cleaned properly by the garage :(

J.E