Quebster
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Dallas, Tx
Pic of V3 after replacing hotside housing last week:
Wrong blade. That one is intact.
I think that blowby does and at the same time doesn't make sense. lol. I think if it's blowby, I wouldn't call it excessive, but would call the ventilation inadequate. Why some have the issue and some don't, hard to say. We all know how finicky these motors seem to be. Maybe it's something with my early '14 build. But I don't think <10% leakdown @ 100psi warrants "excessive" blowby in any scenario.
Regardless... nail in the coffin here. I was out doing some logs yesterday and had a turbine blade just break right off. No idea why. I'll scope my cylinders and see if I have pieces of my pistons missing or anything, but one blade breaking and the rest being fine doesn't seem like FOD to me.
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I was struggling to convince myself to give up on the GTI but this seals the deal for me. I've been telling myself if I had to pull the turbo back off, the stock IS20 is going on and I'm not taking it off. So here we are! GG gents
I'm also curious why all these turbos are snapping one blade??? All the brands.
I was looking at that little rib poking out on the exducer side. Like Drew said I certainly didn’t notice that blade nub.Wrong blade. That one is intact.
All the brands.
Which others?Yes, it's happening too often across multiple vendors.