this week i got my new k04 from the dealership installed on wednesday - saturday i installed my dp/rp & inlet - then i drove about 75 miles - and that was the end of those oil seals! it already smokes after about a min at 25 psi -
when your k04 seals are bad 25psi is the oil pressure where the shaft moves enough to start to leak oil into the exhaust side housing and get burned off - i should have been more clear - 25psi oil pressure not boost ~~{ WHAT?????-}~~
even though a clipped and ported k4 can spin more boost it still is limited to an rpm range?
25 PSI of Oil Pressure..?!?!?!? This is insanely low .......Idle should be 25-30psi! I found these tidbits using Google:
idle @ operating temp (~185-degF) = avg 23psi
Running 5w40 on the speed3...idle @ operating temp (~185-degF) = avg 28psi
Running 5w30 on the speed3...idle @ operating temp (~185-degF) = avg 23psi
5w40 on speed3 ... cruising at 3000rpm @ operating temp = avg 70psi
idle @ operating temp (~185-degF) = avg 23psi
Either you got a bad gauge/sender....Your oiling system works the exact opposite of the way it was designed.....You read the gauge wrong.....Or you You just said Oil Pressure to cover up the fact your over-boosted your turbo twice LOL ...(ohsnap!)
Seriously... the turbo probably overheated instead of breaking the seals because of high oil pressure ....or..... you exceeded the max boost limit for this car and over heated the turbo .....or.... your sender is bad, if this is the case, you wouldn't know what the pressure really was.
ill stick with 600 bux and a reworked turbo from PG and pretty much get the same thing out of it, daily driven anymore than 350hp on these cars are trouble if you ask me...
ill stick with 600 bux and a reworked turbo from PG and pretty much get the same thing out of it, daily driven anymore than 350hp on these cars are trouble if you ask me...
i don't think saying it's got garrett guts is entirely correct - it's still a journal bearing turbo - not a ball bearing turbo (gt2871 is a ball bearing turbo) - yes it may spool faster and make more hp then the rewrd or standard k04's guts but the questions i haven't seen answered still remain - leaking oil into the exhaust housing? - interactions with knock retard? and lean spot in the fuel ?
This isnt a rebuilt turbo its a k04 shell with brand new gt28 guts...Nothing like a rebuilt k04.