Cleaning turbo...

[XBreed]

Ok so I had my motor rebuilt after a slug rod bearing. Everything was cleaned and put back together except the turbo. Is the turbo something I can take apart at home, clean and put back together or are they a pain in the ass? any help would be great. Thanks Jeff

 

[DailyDrifter]

You can take the compressor housing off with no problems. Just take the 6 bolts out. You can clean it with brake clean or acetone. You can even polish the housing while its off.

 

[charlief1]

Are you trying to clean the insides or just the impeller and exducer?

 

[JST A 6]

I think he's talking about getting the crud out of the center housing rotating assembly that got fed into it from the oil line. I'd probably at least shoot a bunch of brake parts cleaner through it and blow it out for a few minutes with dry compressed air. That's about all I can think of, and I don't know for sure how reliably this will clean it out...I'm sure others that have done this type of cleanup will chime in...

 

[bison]

Send it out since the thrust will be full of bearing material

 

[charlief1]

Send it out since the thrust will be full of bearing material

That's why I asked him what section he wanted to clean. You can't flush the insides to clean them.

 

[XBreed]

Where would I send it out to be cleaned? does anyone know someone in MN that does this? thanks guys

 

[notacarlo]

Send it to Precision. The cartridge will come back like new.