t28 with no water lines???

[supersayianjim]

has this been done by anyone on here before?? my holset turbo is down and i can fit the stocker back on there in the mean time since none wants to buy it off me.

so i chucked all the water lines away and planned on Just plugging the stock water lines and running oil only to this puppy!!

seeing how fragile the ceramic turbos(only the exhaust wheel in my case), wouldn't they blow up faster?? iam not trying to be paul walker here. just a modest 8psi till i get my holset fixed. is that feasable? i still want to sell this turbo to a good home, not trash it!!


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[Driftpretty]

Ive done it it was fine.. you dont even need to plug the holes on the turbo.

[KoukiMonsta]

Ive done it it was fine.. you dont even need to plug the holes on the turbo.

Agreed

Sure it may not be exactly the perfect way to do things...but it'll work just fine.

[brndck]

while it is not recommended, you can probably get away with it for a while.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Kicker is making sure the car/oil cools down properly after driving it hard. Take it easy for a few miles before shutting it down to help keep the turbo from cooking after pushing it.

[Croustibat]

Oil only turbos are usually made with bigger oiling galleries, so it cools better. oil and water turbos have reduced oil flow as it is not necessary. The main reason being a turbo kills oil like crazy, so the less oil going in, the longer you have between oil change intervals.

Finally, ball bearing turbos have only a very small oil supply, as it is only needed to lubricate the bearing, not support them with pressure and cool them like bronze bearings do. I strongly advise against using a ball bearing turbo without water if it was designed to work with water lines.

A standard bronze bearing turbo running without the water system will still get hurt, but to a lesser extent.

The thing will still see high temp exhaust gases, and still spin at more than 80.000rpm.

[!Zar!]

For a journal bearing turbo I'd be fine running it without water lines (just heat and cool it properly before/after driving hard).

For a ball bearing turbo, I wouldn't suggest it.