Note to community about turbo's...

[E30godz]

Just a quick note....


Never use a flimsy rubber hose, attached to a filter, to be used on the compressor intake on the turbo.


it can cause you all sorts of problems.




thanks.

[OreoGaborio]

... and knowing is 1/2 the battle

[Jordan]

... and knowing is 1/2 the battle

Having the common sense in the first place is the other 1/2.

[OreoGaborio]

... and knowing is 1/2 the battle

Having the common sense in the first place is the other 1/2.

i was hoping someone would follow that up w/

"G. I. JOOOOEEE!!!" :roll:

[Rob]

ian, I think your note should be "dont be like me and have a half assed turbo car''

[Pedro]

So did the hose collapse??

[Jarvis]

rubber confetti in the engine???

[OreoGaborio]

i'm guessing it would blow it out, not suck it in...... blow... not suck....

[Jarvis]

compressor intake on the turbo

i'm guessing it would blow it out, not suck it in

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but don't INtakes usually suck IN air?

[e30sam]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but don't INtakes usually suck IN air?

No. You are correct.

[OreoGaborio]

normally aspirated... yes.... but w/ a turbo, they're under POSITIVE pressure.... it would blow out

[e30sam]

even compressor intake between filter?

[Jarvis]

Oh. I see.

But blowing a rubber hose off of it's assembly and just into the open engine bay shouldn't cause enormous problems... right? Did I miss something :?:

[OreoGaborio]

wait a second.... ignore me.... i mis-read him

I thought that he meant it was between the turbo & the intake MANIFOLD.... thus being under positive pressure. :roll: my bad

i'll give myself an 8.1 on the dismount here.... nice honest recovery if i say so myself 8)

[Jarvis]

Thanks. I'll continue to be correct in that case :up:

Me > < Pete.
j/k Pete. ;)

So... if some cheap rubber hose got sucked into the compressor side of the turbo, I'm guessing the compressor wheel chopped it up into a million pieces, which were then pumped in the rest of the air-intake tubing, throttle body, intake manifold, all 6 cylinders, out the exhaust into the manifold, spun around in the turbine section of the turbo, then out the whole exhaust system. Are you using any type of intercooler? I hope not. That'd just be another fucked up part added to the list of things raped by rubber.
Yikes, sounds like fun to clean up.