Pre Lube Turbo?

[pitoturbo]

do you have to pre-lube a turbo before start ,or is any breaking time to do on a ta-49 ,just got mine or should i just plug and play thanks pete

 

[87 WE2]

Install the turbo make sure you tighten the oil feed & return lines good. Then unplug ECM behind the battery crank the engine until you see oil pressure if you have a guage if not crank the engine untill the idiot light oil press/choke goes out & then plug the ECMpower wire back in and start her up. Doing the ECM thing allows you to prime the turbo before you start the car.
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[CPAKCP]

I would also manually feed oil into the inlet fitting, while spinning the compressor wheel. Do this until the turbo won't take anymore oil. Hook up the oil line and proceed with Grand Nash instructions.

Good Luck

 

[XXQUICK6XX]

yea what he said

Yes what James said but i do it while mounted on the car with the return hooked up and fill it 2-3 times while spinning the shaft and watching the oil go down then hook it up.

Steve