Is this turbo dead?

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No shaft play, fully rebuilt before I bought it, and only saw boost once. I heard a metal on metal sound so I decided to pull it.
What's the verdict?


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[2.5T_/<ouki]

How are you sure that the metal on metal sound even came from the turbo? lol

[240dream]

ive had a turbo i knew was good but did this, oil come out the front turbine, i ran thicker oil and it cured it

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How are you sure that the metal on metal sound even came from the turbo? lol

haha nope! I pulled this just in case. I wasn't building boost for some reason and I was trying to figure out why also.

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Also does anyone know where I can get that orange seal from?

[DRIFTERS14]

atpturbo.com

[jaysgottaredtop]

orjustusehightempRTV.com

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orjustusehightempRTV.com

hmmm, it seems their site is down

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hmmm, it seems their site is down

:picardfp::picardfp::picardfp::picardfp:

[iamtheyi]

lol. I hope you were joking haha. I'm sure he was trolling you by saying just to use high temp rtv :P

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lmao, yes I was joking. I retrolled