Subject	One of my stock turbos did the same thing.
Posted by	Zblackbeast on November 02, 2009 at 2:29 PM
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In Reply To	Spectacular Turbo Failure posted by TT XTZ on November 02, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Message	My turbos had only 60K on them when one seized and the tubine broke off and ended up in the exhaust. After I bought the car I used Fram oil filters. After about 10k miles of Frams the turbo seized up. (3 oil changes) The previous owner always took it to a dealer. The Fram doesn't let the oil pressure build up at higher RPM. The pressure always stayed around 45 to 60 lbs by the stock gauge no matter what the RPM was. After all the repairs Alex, (Spyhunter) insisted on a Nissan oil filter. Switching to the Nissan oil filters caused the oil pressure to rise as the RPM did. Something I had never noticed before with the Fram. It was a costly lesson.
Follow Ups	Spectacular Turbo Failure - TT XTZ 12:30:50 11/02/09 Holy cow - TTFairladyZ 12:35:43 11/02/09 It wasn't their fault - TT XTZ 12:39:46 11/02/09 What do you think was causing the rich condition? (n/m) - zgene4 12:52:17 11/02/09 Failed FPR was my guess when conversing with Bernie. (n/m) - Dallas DamonZ 12:54:52 11/02/09 When it comes to FPR's is there ever any in between or are - Wright (Ca) 13:15:25 11/02/09 diaphragm probably ripped - aliaZ 13:23:15 11/02/09 Oh. I've been wondering if I need to replace mine. It looks - Wright (Ca) 13:30:12 11/02/09 its an inexpensive enough part (n/m) - Adam (NoVA) 13:52:45 11/02/09 2nd that - TT XTZ 14:33:18 11/02/09 On my to do list now. Thanks. (n/m) - Wright (Ca) 14:57:06 11/02/09 Hypochondriac? No that's when you think you have - 600ZXR 13:59:53 11/02/09 I would definitely get a new one before dynoing. - BigTDogg (MA) 14:08:40 11/02/09 I'd suspect the oil line debris is the root cause - aliaZ 13:25:01 11/02/09 A bad 1 - 2 punch. :-/ (n/m) - TT XTZ 14:44:54 11/02/09 Damn, I forgot how sick your car has become! - BigTDogg (MA) 13:57:13 11/02/09 yep, dampener can fail in the same manner (n/m) - aliaZ 13:59:28 11/02/09 We'll be installing an inline fuel pressure gauge - TT XTZ 14:11:07 11/02/09 I think that would catch a problem like that in the future (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 14:20:44 11/02/09 What do you look for? Wandering FP values? Gradual increases - LJZTT 18:50:18 11/02/09 I if the regulator was shot, I would expect unregulated - BigTDogg (MA) 08:51:35 11/03/09 And those were only a year or so old??? - LordZ 12:37:34 11/02/09 2 years - maybe 23k miles. - TT XTZ 13:49:50 11/02/09 whoa! (n/m) - chris@boostpro.net 12:38:14 11/02/09 Wow !!! (n/m) - RICH1 12:43:43 11/02/09 that's just a bit out of spec (n/m) - Guapo 12:49:37 11/02/09 A little bit of shaft play. (n/m) - TT XTZ 12:52:26 11/02/09 when I see "like new" on ebay this is what I think of. (n/m) - chicagozer 15:00:56 11/02/09 ... or "slightly used" (n/m) - zfreak(Dallas) 20:52:33 11/02/09 'tis but a scratch. (n/m) - Tu 12:58:27 11/02/09 Yeah, it'll buff right out. (n/m) - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 13:36:12 11/02/09 That's the worst case of turbo failure I have ever seen. (n/m) - Mr.Stacy 12:58:54 11/02/09 oh, it gets worse... - zgene4 13:16:11 11/02/09 WOW. What happened there?? (n/m) - TT XTZ 13:24:08 11/02/09 A little bit of shaft play - zgene4 13:26:36 11/02/09 A bit!! (n/m) - TT XTZ 13:33:22 11/02/09 Good times. :-/ (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 13:16:43 11/02/09 Eek. Must have been an install issue. ;) (n/m) - Scotts94z32 13:16:55 11/02/09 Sheit! how rich were you running? (n/m) - d_flore 13:19:50 11/02/09 wow (n/m) - Ahmed (Chicago) 13:25:56 11/02/09 omgwtfbbq - Halo Z 13:29:07 11/02/09 OMG! I'm glad you're ok ;-) (n/m) - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 13:34:50 11/02/09 So is the dp still useable? (n/m) - Wright (Ca) 13:38:53 11/02/09 Yep, dp is fine. Replacing that O2 sensor though - TT XTZ 13:44:27 11/02/09 Yes - in fact they are for sale. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 23:46:34 11/02/09 Oof! That turbo left quite the parting gift for you. - Dave N 13:44:14 11/02/09 That's the worst I've seen. (n/m) - SWhiteTT(WA) 13:44:37 11/02/09 Good way to clean a downpipe (n/m) - ZiNnYc 13:52:05 11/02/09 I think she was trying to port the down pipe out :) (n/m) - Seb@Specialty-Z 14:02:05 11/02/09 That's not how you do it?? (n/m) - TT XTZ 14:45:10 11/02/09 man, everybodys competition nowadays!! (n/m) - ZiNnYc 14:59:47 11/03/09 From those marks it looks like something hit the compressor - DVDBURN (MD) 14:02:00 11/02/09 It can't be stated enough, this premature failure had zero - Adam (NoVA) 14:11:30 11/02/09 Clearly - angry turbos aren't a good thing. ;-) (n/m) - TT XTZ 14:34:27 11/02/09 Wow. Just wow. (n/m) - AbsolutZ 14:12:58 11/02/09 How many miles did you have on these? Ddi you guys figure - 300ZXTT(OH) 14:15:29 11/02/09 Read below (n/m) - SeedyROM 14:21:43 11/02/09 Around 23k. - TT XTZ 14:38:27 11/02/09 One of my stock turbos did the same thing. - Zblackbeast 14:29:02 11/02/09 Very good to know - - TT XTZ 14:37:12 11/02/09 What is a FRAM... - WeissNicht 15:17:36 11/02/09 A brand of oil filter (n/m) - d_flore 15:20:33 11/02/09 Your filter isn't your problem - BobbyT 15:23:03 11/02/09 The oil filter change was the only variable. once I - Zblackbeast 11:34:21 11/03/09 It seems to be the general consensus here - TT XTZ 15:27:44 11/02/09 Sorry to hear Ashley. Hope you're on the road again soon. (n/m) - Inzane 15:43:31 11/02/09 Thanks, Jason! (n/m) - TT XTZ 15:53:56 11/02/09 Ouch :-( how did it sound when it happened ? (n/m) - ArubaDave 15:50:28 11/02/09 Not sure, really - there was general noisiness - TT XTZ 15:53:04 11/02/09 Would be interesting to open/discect the FPR to see if it - ArubaDave 17:40:47 11/02/09 I was thinking that with the description elsewhere - TT XTZ 18:00:56 11/02/09 Holy buckets, that's messy. (n/m) - schuss 16:17:40 11/02/09 ouch! (n/m) - sawbonez 16:25:33 11/02/09 Clear example of side fumbling of the lunar wayne shaft! (n/m) - lazer(NV) 17:32:48 11/02/09 Nice.. (n/m) - DavezTT 17:54:22 11/02/09 Ding! (n/m) - Spddracer 20:23:43 11/02/09 i've had a few customers with blow ups like that (n/m) - spyhunterTT(nj) 17:42:49 11/02/09 Yes you have. Me! (n/m) - Zblackbeast 11:35:32 11/03/09 The game is afoot. - Boris 18:09:29 11/02/09 Thanks for the thoughts, Jeff - TT XTZ 18:14:28 11/02/09 Whooa thats scary! Hope you get everything fixed up... put - Piranha(PHX) 18:45:58 11/02/09 That's what he's good for, as you well know. ;-) (n/m) - TT XTZ 09:48:02 11/03/09 Damn...What a mess! (n/m) - TheTwinZ (Peru) 18:47:25 11/02/09 bookmarked, good lessons learned (n/m) - LJZTT 18:53:54 11/02/09 wow, that ain't purdy! (n/m) - Musashi Sword 19:18:05 11/02/09 Sorry to see that Ashley. Hope you get her up and running - Dustin 19:45:33 11/02/09 Thanks, Dustin. =) (n/m) - TT XTZ 09:50:01 11/03/09 yikes (n/m) - Josef(Houston) 19:59:17 11/02/09 So the consensus is.... - zfreak(Dallas) 20:54:45 11/02/09 That does seem to be the cause. - TT XTZ 09:51:06 11/03/09 ive only seen that happen once - eyagel (Houston) 22:09:26 11/02/09 Wow. What was he thinking? (n/m) - TT XTZ 09:49:06 11/03/09 Here is a read for you Ashley. - DVDBURN (MD) 22:43:26 11/02/09 Thanks for the link, Gary (n/m) - TT XTZ 09:51:49 11/03/09 No problem. - DVDBURN (MD) 11:47:23 11/03/09 That sucks! Sorry to see. (n/m) - Jason(MD) 23:00:21 11/02/09 Wow, Ash, That is spectacular! (n/m) - johnnysombrero 23:21:27 11/02/09 Sorry to see Ashley. Glad you were able to still make it to - dregos 23:24:09 11/02/09 Thanks! I'm glad I went anyway as well. - TT XTZ 09:49:44 11/03/09 Back Fire, Fire ball's, I doubt would cause that. - Jason300zxTT 12:18:45 11/03/09 Ouch! But you're resilient from what - darkmann 15:38:01 11/03/09 Thanks! Hopefully not too bad - - TT XTZ 16:37:45 11/03/09 Clean out your intercooler(s?) and intake piping. - Jehannum 17:48:14 11/03/09 Deja vu - TT XTZ 19:53:52 11/03/09 Nice chunks. - Jehannum 16:08:14 11/04/09 Yeah, that was definitely shimmery as well. (n/m) - TT XTZ 16:56:42 11/04/09 wow Ashley. when you called me that day I never would - nissanguyz32 21:28:48 11/03/09 She called a service & trucked it home from Nashville. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 07:23:47 11/04/09 George - thanks for your help as well! - TT XTZ 16:56:19 11/04/09
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