I am tearing down my engine to have it rebuilt and was surprised at how the front turbo looked. This is the first time I have attemoted to disassemble an engine, so am I just being paranoid or is it time to have the turbos rebuilt?

 

Sorry, didn't include the image.

 

is that brown **** oil? if so no.

 

That looks funky...Pretty sure the blades should be just silver instead of brown.

 

The blades look to be in good condition. Color doesn't REALLY matter, unless it's buildup of somesort... Which I suppose could effect the balance and eventually destroy the bearings/shaft. If there is minimal wheel play (in and out should be none or VERY little) and they spin freely, I say they are good to go.

 

I believe it is oil.



To my knowledge these are the original turbos with 120,000 miles. With them having that many miles, would it be beneficial to have them rebuilt while I have them off?

 

At 120K miles, it sure won't hurt to have them rebuilt.



BTW if you saw this beast running and it looked like this when you weren't launching the brown stains are probably burnt on oil.

 

yea you need to check the end play. looks mean nada. base is right the color is cool if they are in spec but at 120,000 i doubt it unless they were rebuilt

 

Yeah, I just hit 100,000 mlies and I need to repace my turbos so I wouold recomend getting them rebuilt. The seals are probably leaking and that means you will have oil in your intake and maybe buring oil out the exhuast.

 

Just to be safe I think I will have them rebuilt. Anybody have any recommendations on who to send them to to have them rebuilt?