Pitting on my PT61 compressor housing

[Marc87GN]

I bought a PTE PT61 a about 2 months ago and it's still in the plastic bag and has never been mounted. I took it out of the trunk today to test fit some locking nuts on the studs and noticed small holes around the compressor housing. I stuck a toothpick in them and they don't appear to go all the way through, but is this normal? Is this a casting problem and I should send the turbo back? It almost looks like there were some air bubbles in the casting and when they popped, it left little holes. I would appreciate any information that someone could provide.

 

[turbosam6]

Are you serious?

Its fine, put it on.

 

[SPOOLN]

That housing looks horrible! Yuck! Pits and blemishes everywhere! Take it off and polish it. It will look way better when you are showing your engine to your homies.

 

[don86T]

Looks just like mine. It will be fine.

Don

 

[Marc87GN]

The pictures don't really illustrate what it actually looks like because of the flash. These are not just on the surface but 2 or 3 of them are actual holes in the casting. I wouldn't care if it was just pitted on the surface, but it is an actual hole, but it doesn't seem to go all the way through.

 

[DonnieShort]

Those are just casting blemishes, imperfections. Nothing to worry about. But if the holes go all the way through, that would be completly different. But otherwise you'll be fine.