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Bob has kindly offered to take the turbo and rebuild it under warranty. When I took the turbo off I noticed the was very little soot around the exhaust turbine, wastegate and top of downpipe. So I've got spark plugs suggesting its running lean, no soot in the exhaust system nearest the turbo but ver...

So... reviving this thread with an update. I got the turbo back from Bob around September/October last year. I got it all hooked back up around november and started the engine no problem. I figured whilst I had the car off the road I'd investigate some bubbling on the sills. I unearthed an absolute ...

I've my mr2 a while, and I bought it as it is, with a non standard front bumper and no front fogs... I finally got round to buying some aftermarket fogs (Raybrigs) and mounting them to the front. I fished out the standard fog light plugs from behind the bumper and (as the fogs I bought already had m...

Yea I managed to take it apart. As soon as I pulled the rack out I noticed the spring that holds the drivers side seal snug against the rack was just loosely dangling on the rack shaft! and it was damaged. I guess when it was built not enough care was taken fitting the rack through the seal!

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I had a reconditioned rack fit a couple years ago. Unfortunately it only had a 12 month warranty. I've had the car off the road for nearly a year now and noticed a bit of a wet patch under the front. Investigating I saw that oil (power steering fluid) was leaking from the inner end of the boot on th...

Do you have the front sidelight/indicator clusters? are they genuine toyota ones? and would you be willing to split them and just sell the left reflector. The clips are broken off mine:

Sorry if this has been discussed widely. I'm sure it has but I can't seem to find much decent discussion on it... What oil would people recommend for my rev3 turbo. It won't get used much (less than 2000 miles a year probably), should this affect my choice? I'm happy to change it twice a year but I'...

Creep comes from not being able to expel exhaust gasses from the wategate quick enough . Yea and the wastegate is needed to expel some of the high pressure exhaust gases upstream of the turbine. Obviously if the wastegate can't cope with the gases then that pressure is allowed to build and continue...

so am i right to think a 10 bladed turbine will only help eliminate creep? if so then just stick one of those on. I have a Berk downpipe I think it has plenty of room for the arm to open further... hard to say for sure though. Could you PM me with some rough idea and breakdown of costs of everything

do it mate.. Not sure it's something I would have the patience to do myself hence why asking Bob if it's not too much trouble (and therefore my £££) for him to do it...

I got confused myself cos I didn't look at who was posting. I thought it was bob saying my comp wheel looked lost! Whats the plan then bob? what parts need replacing? Can you get hold of an identical turbine wheel? would you recommend clipping it? and can you port the wastegate without too much trou...

how do you mean? bigger than the one i already got? I thought it fit snug in the inlet?? and i was under the impression that if anything it was too big for the existing turbine...?

If you wanna speak on phone I might be able to talk this aft, if not then this eve.

bobhatton wrote:The turbine is the same as a steel replacment but the comp wheel is bigger as can be seen in this photo with the comp housing fitted on a stock wheel.

But all stock turbines i've seen only have 10 blades...
Is the compressor in good enough condition to re use?

yea the 11 blades doesn't seem to be stock looking at google images. Anyway I'll have to send it down to you bob and hopefully you can do some magic

I had bad creep issues with mine. Had to fit a restrictor ring at bottom of downpipe which did fix the issue. Would be nice to not need that once I get the turbo sorted. Should I be looking at a different/clipped turbine or porting the wastegate or both??

I've just noticed it had 11 fins too. Standard ones appear to have 10

P.s. that turbine isn't ceramic either.....with damage like that a ceramic wheel would tend to shatter. That's what I thought to be honest. What could it be then cos it isn't magnetic...? Another thing to note is that all toyota turbines i have seen all have a 10 point head cast into them, yours ha...

Wow nice job. Not sure I have the patience to do something like that!

2mad wrote:Thats what i did ... can post picks .. made my wastegate ports massive

Go for it. how far back into the housing did you have to enlarge them?