Well I have a boost leak that's actually pretty bad. when we pressured the system the boost reads like this: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-6-7-6-7-8-7-7-6-6-8-9-9-8-7-7-9... something along those lines. Basically it doesn't hold solid boost past about 6.5 PSi or so. So we sprayed some soapy water on various parts of the piping and found that the leak is acrtually on where the compressor connects to the ?Center Cartridge? basically from the area around where you loosen the bolts to clock the turbo. They're already pretty tight too so I'm not sure why it leaks so much....Do i need to replace the turbo, take the turbo off the manifold and try retightening all the bolts? is this fairly common? Please Help lol...

 

id take it off and get a better look. all of the bolts may not be tight

 

What turbo kit do yo have ?? First check make sure every thing is on tight.. Thin if all is tight and still leaking try call the manufacture and see if can suggest or if they have a solution to your problem.

Arthur

 

What the sh____ do you know!?!?!?!?!?!

 

Ya not trying to be an ___ but I already said that all of the bolts are pretty damn tight. but I am going to take it all of and recheck it all. And it's a dezod kit with a turbonetics turbo...I'm not becoming the biggest fan of these turbos lol. Maybe a switch to an Innovative will come sooner than I thought! thanks for the input guys

 

Can I ask what the Sh____ your post does to help the thread starter?


can you snap a pic of the area that is leaking?

 

there should be an o-ring around the compressor houing. put it off and check the seal. make sure it's not pinched, broken, not seated corectly, etc..

 

what he said.

 

thanks guys. by the way, what would the torque specs be on those bolts, anyone happen to know?

 

i would stay around 10ft lbs.. they really don't require much torque and plus your going into aluminium

 

your the one that couldnt figure out why chris's car couldnt start. your supposed to be car GOD and you couldnt even fix a vacuum line coming undone.
haha
jk
its chriss fault for saying "there was smoke everywhere" haha

 

hhhmmm that's probably where I went wrong, they're definitely torqued far more than that.

 

i hate turbonetics turbos! be sure to let us know what you fiond incase someone else has the same issue... good luck!