Subject	Whooa thats scary! Hope you get everything fixed up... put
Posted by	Piranha(PHX) on November 02, 2009 at 6:45 PM
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In Reply To	Spectacular Turbo Failure posted by TT XTZ on November 02, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Message	Bernie to work :)
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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