testing turbo seals
ok im having a problem and trying to track down what my issue is. to start off ill explain my issue im getting a lot of smoke at idle none that i can see when im going down the road but if im sitting still and hold the rpm's at around 2500-3000 i get a lot then allsoo i dont see any coming out of the wastegate tube i have a stock b18b1 with a garrett m-11 turbo i know that its going to be one of three things "turbo oil seal,rings,valves"i dont have a compression tester untill this weekend then im going to test comp. but i want to eliminate the turbo as one of them now the way i was thinking to do it was take and remove the inteake pipe to the turbo remove the waste gate spring disconect and plug the oil line to the turbo take a wrench and hold the turbo from spining and run the car to 2500-3000 rpm's for a bout a min. the only issue i see is the heat factor because the oil cools the turbo if anyone has had an issue like this im all ears sorry about the spelling and please try not to flame me
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